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First Kittiwake hatches at artificial nesting platform (www.birdguides.com)

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Conservationists are celebrating after the first successful breeding of Kittiwake on recently erected structures off the Suffolk coast.

Three artificial towers have been constructed by the energy company Ørsted, two of which are off Lowestoft and the third is near Minsmere RSPB. They have been built to compensate for potential impacts from the Hornsea Three wind farm, which is situated some 120 km off the Norfolk coast.

Each structure is octagonal and can house up to 500 breeding pairs of Kittiwake. The roof pitch and overhang were specifically designed to ward off avian predators, while each individual nesting space has been fitted with a perspex panel that allows monitoring from inside the structure without disturbing the birds. Decoy Kittiwakes were added to try and attract the birds to the sites.

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