West Cork tourism project will decimate protected bird species, say activists

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Friends of Irish Environment warn Dursey Island scheme will damage chough numbers

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of FIE, surveys show the number of choughs has declined by 30 per cent on the island since 2003 and the proposed project will lead to a further reduction.

The survey highlights that in late June/early July, family groups of choughs were observed flocking on the western end of the island, and birds largely stayed around this area from this point onwards, he said Mr Lowes warned that allowing such a development on Dursey Island would set “a precedent for future mass tourism inCork County Council is seeking to replace the existing six-person cable car, which takes 10 minutes to cross the 260m wide channel, with two new cable cars capable of carrying 200-300 passengers an hour each way.in 1969 to allow islanders and their livestock to access the island during rough seas but animals have not been to Dursey since 2012 on hygiene grounds.

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