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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    a good alternative to the original design This week the RSPB reported it has submitted an alternative design for the golf course at Menie by course architect Mike Wood. Mike Wood, an experience golf course architect dedicated to best environmental practice, has produced a routing study that...
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    it's crunch time! Just to keep everyone up to date from this neck of the woods. The creatures at Holyrood are getting restless, and next week we should expect publication of the report following the recent inquiry into how matters were handled with the calling-in back in December 2007. You can...
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    Extinction threat to Scots bird (BBC News)

    The BBC article draws attention to the other species that will definitely be affected - unfortunately we don't really know who the survivors long term will be. Certainly the balance will be upset, however it turns out.
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    Happy New Year and thanks to all those with an interest in this thread and who have taken the time to contact politicians and sign the petition. There hasn't been a lot going on over Christmas with this, but to keep everyone up to date...
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    I am posting the latest development on this subject, from the BBC website. This article gives some information as to John Swinney's response in Parliamentary questions this week, over the handling of this issue. John Swinney will have the final say in whether this development goes ahead. The...
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    sssi designations?

    Good luck with setting the ball rolling, Matt. I think it can take years for a designation to be awarded following the survey work that is required. All the more important therefore to protect those areas that we already deem to be 'special' in some way. I believe that only 7% of land in England...
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    I hope there is a public inquiry on the horizon - but I also hope that the real issues surrounding the development will be dealt with as well as some of the goings on of late in the political playground. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7148872.stm It's a pity that this application was...
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    For some reason, Capercaillie71, the D C Thomson / Aberdeen Journals are completely biased towards this development. It certainly makes me wonder what is going on here. There must be quite a lot in it for some, because as you say, there are too many folk who have concerns about this whose voices...
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    Sumatran Ground-cuckoo photographed

    No doubt anyone deliberately trying to get a photo would have been waiting months!
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    New Sightings of Philippine eagles

    Isn't it great to have some good news for a change. Let's hope this is just the start, and that there are enough birds in this group to keep a breeding population on the go.
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    Well firstly Phil, this issue clearly does exist, and yes, it does count, especially given that there has been one set up directly against it on the same site, and which, unfortunately is getting promoted by our biased local press. As for easy manipulation, all petitions set up at the Downing...
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    Thanks all for your interest - please let others know. It's important to sign the petitions so thank you to all of you that have so far. There has been no publicity given to this petition in the local press, and many local people have no idea of the other side of the argument, thinking this is...
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    New move to protect rare birds (BBC News)

    It's great to see that wildlife is valued there.
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    WT Eagle presumed shot in Scotland

    What a great pity that these great birds are still subject to persecution. Getting this type of publicity may be the only way in the long term to educate everyone that this is unacceptable.
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    Scottish Government To Overturn Decision to Save SSSI

    Todays news item http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7127760.stm The Scottish Parliament has decided to call in the Trump proposal in Menie, Aberdeenshire, for reconsideration. This is despite the proposal being thrown out authoritatively by the Infrastructure Services Committee on...
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