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RSPB Warns Berwick Bank Windfarm Could Kill 4,000 Seabirds

9/9/2026

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UK supporters demand relocating the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm to protect seabirds.
The RSPB estimates the project will kill over 4,000 seabirds in its first year.
Projected deaths include gannets, puffins and endangered kittiwakes near Bass Rock.
Thousands protest via stopberwickbank.co.uk calling the site deadly and shortsighted.
Berwick Bank will be one of the world’s biggest offshore windfarms, a few kilometres from Bass Rock.

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UK supporters demand relocating the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm to protect seabirds.
The RSPB estimates the project will kill over 4,000 seabirds in its first year.
Projected deaths include gannets, puffins and endangered kittiwakes near Bass Rock.
Thousands protest via stopberwickbank.co.uk calling the site deadly and shortsighted.
Berwick Bank will be one of the world’s biggest offshore windfarms, a few kilometres from Bass Rock.