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Article: The birds and the bees.
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- Stornoway Gazette (Stornoway, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
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THE RSPB are asking for help with a new project to encourage a healthy population of both birds and bees on Lewis.
Last spring, a successful wildflower crop was grown at Port of Ness. It attracted bumble bees in the summer to its rainbow of flowers, while acting as a food source of seed in the winter months for small birds such a twite. It is hoped that the crop will also act as cover for corncrakes that are returning to the islands in the coming days.
"We have a small pot of money which may help us replicate the success story we've had at Ness," said Martin Scott, Conservation officer for the islands. "If we can find the right plots in crofting areas we ...