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Has any informed risk assessment been done on the bird hazard?
Dealing with birds is not unique to coastal locations - this is simply an excuse by Greens** and Nimbys to prevent any improvement in UK infrastructure.
This was a regular sight in the autumn over the Mersey Bridge just east of LPL airport (another estuary airport that seems to operate ok) - Skip to 2:00 in:
If the aircraft at LPL can dodge that lot (starling flocks), I am sure Boris Island will be ok.
Note: Only Ryanair dares fly through a 'starling murmuration', as they are known:
** The great goal of the Greens, is to take us back to a 'golden age' located somewhere between the Dark and Middle Ages - a golden age wracked by poverty, famine, disease and an average life expectancy of 40 years.
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