Barrage faces tide of protest

News from the RSPB site

Thousands of birds, spawning salmon and other fish will be put at risk if a huge and costly barrage is built across the Severn, despite the claim of government minister John Hutton that the proposal would be 'truly visionary'.

Construction across the 86,500-acre (35,000-hectare) estuary will also damage a number of sites protected by international, European and UK law.

The estuary is unique in Britain because of its 45-foot tidal range – the second largest in the world after the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. Outgoing tides leave large areas of mudflats, saltmarshes and rocky islands, and food for an average of 65,000 birds in winter. The area hosts internationally important numbers of several species.

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Thank you for that info Robert. :)