Powerline pose danger to birds

AN elderly nun of our acquaintance, long since living overseas, likes to whimsically recall the days when she could look out the front door of her old home and watch geese in the bog below, writes Donal Hickey

When the 90-year-old sister returned after many years she noted, sadly, the bog had disappeared. Acres and acres of forestry had grown up where it used to be and locals could not remember how long it was since they had seen geese there. The nun was astounded by a landscape changed beyond recognition.

The loss of wetland habitat, countrywide, has serious consequences for wildlife such as geese and swans. As well as that, electric powerlines are now one of the major causes of bird deaths in the world, through collision and electrocution.