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Bird-brained plan forairport wood

Bird-brained plan for airport wood

IT WILL look like a wood, it
will have trees with the
breeze rustling through the
leaves, but there will be
something missing.
In what is thought to be a
unique move, Luton council
is set to plant a special
forest.
The council wants to
establish a new wood at
Wigmore Valley Park, but
because the site is next to
Luton airport, regulators
have demanded that the
trees should not attract
birdlife. Trees which don’t
produce bird-attracting
berries or seeds will be
chosen.
The Civil Aviation
Authority says that too
many birds in the airport
flight path could be a
danger, but the move is
likely to anger the
conservation lobby.