A Google search revealed this so I have started a new thread has been suggested.
Birdies LG DU update.
I wonder if the nest will survive this winter. Surprising how the winter weather can destroy nests !!!! Then the organisers wouldn't have to worry about this nest in the future.
Brenda, they haven't worried about this nest full stop. I wouldn't mind betting it will quietly have an accident once the season is over.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
I'm very disappointed, but not really surprised.
© Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes
Sorry to hear that this is still going ahead.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Very sorry to hear this, but unfortunately not unexpected. Let's hope the RSPB stipulations are enforced, at least!
Clare
They have worried about the nest. But not in the way we'd like them to worry. They've worried that the pesky nest might block their lovely festival. We're worried their pesky festival may disrupt the lovely nest.
Hilary J
RSPB have (today of all days!) asked us to "Defend Nature". Their facebook post on this has been well-commented on in the light of the Strathallan case, and it doesn't look like stopping!
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Devastated to hear the news that the festival is going ahead! which I heard on the radio this afternoon.
Am so sad, angry and frustrated to hear that T in the Park plans have been "unanimously" approved. A sad day for ospreys indeed. The likelihood is that the resident breeding pair will have produced chicks in July when the festival is to take place -- surely they will not survive as they will be abandoned by their parents? As the festival is planned to be held at Strathallan for a minimum of 3 years, then the ospreys will not return to this site again, ie will effectively be driven out.
A quote from the "Osprey" page on the RSPB web page under legal status:
The osprey is afforded the highest degree of legal protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
It is an offence to intentionally take, injure or kill an osprey or to take, damage or destroy its nest, eggs or young. It is also an offence to intentionally or recklessly disturb the birds close to their nest during the breeding season. Violation of the law can attract fines up to £5,000 per offence and/or a prison sentence of up to six months.
The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 widens this protection and provides additional protection for the osprey in Scotland.
Sad to hear this news, but suppose we knew that would be the outcome in the end.