Council to write to ESB amid concerns over birds colliding with power lines in Cork Harbour

Wild birds often can’t detect powerlines before flying into them so Cork County Council have written to the ESB to ask for them to do something to prevent further collisions at a Special  Protection Area in Cork Harbour. 

The ESB is to be asked to do something to stop birds being killed when colliding with overhead powerlines in Cork Harbour.

The ESB is to be asked to do something to stop birds being killed when colliding with overhead powerlines at a Special Protection Areas (SPA) for wildlife in Cork Harbour.

A mounting number of bird carcasses have been found on the ground at the Ringabella SPA, which many believe is associated with the powerlines.