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2011-07-22 Scotland's storm - affects wild bird breeding.
Recent stormy Scottish weather has impacted the breeding success of wild birds.
Heavy rain and gale force winds left more than 1,000 nests on the Insh Marshes
nature reserve in the Highlands submerged underwater, including those of
wading species such as lapwing, snipe, redshank and curlew.
The rare Slavonian grebe, a bird whose UK population is restricted to
northern Scotland, nests were have
been washed away.
Nests and eggs of red kites, ospreys and eagles damaged or blown from trees. A red kite nest
had been blown about 60m onto farmland and a dead
chick was found on the ground.
Many surviving chicks and fledglings, including birds of prey, found by
members of the public, were taken to the Scottish SPCA's Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fife
for care. |