World Seabird Day

That the Parliament celebrates World Seabird Day on 3 July and recognises that Scotland is home to some of the most important seabird colonies in the world, including the gannets of the Bass Rock; understands that seabirds are under serious pressure and face many threats, including climate change, and that Scotland has a particular responsibility for their protection; recognises the importance of offshore wind in responding to climate change; believes that offshore wind developments should be sited in the right places to limit harm to wildlife, fisheries and communities; notes the reported widespread concerns raised by communities and the public regarding the proposed Berwick Bank wind farm; further notes claims that it could cause the death of tens of thousands of protected seabirds, including puffins, gannets and guillemots, and push species such as kittiwakes towards national extinction; agrees that actions for climate and nature must go hand in hand and that there is no way to compensate for this scale of ecological loss, and believes that better sited, less damaging offshore wind developments must be championed instead.