Still time to take part in consultation to help protect rare birds at Loch Ruthven

A public consultation to develop local guidance that could help protect a rare species of bird at Loch Ruthven near Farr is still running until Friday 16 May.

Supported by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), NatureScot and the Local Access Forum, the consultation invites feedback on potential guidance asking visitors not to canoe, paddleboard or swim at the east end of Loch Ruthven between 1 March and 31 August.

Numbers of Slavonian grebes - one of the UK’s rarest breeding birds - have been declining since the 1990s and it is hoped that by reducing noise and movement on the loch, the birds would be more likely to achieve a successful breeding season preventing further decline in numbers.

For more information on the consultation and to share your views, please visit: Consultation on Local Access Guidance for Loch Ruthven