The bird work group fears that the breeding spoonbills and blue herons are so shocked by the noise that they will leave their nests and will not return. And that while Alkmaar is so proud of the Lepelaars colony in the park. Last year Separate fences were even placed to leave the birds alone.
Why not honor next to AZ stadium?
“We thought what is this nonsensical plan again?” Says Harry Smit of the Vogelwerkgroep. “They can still do the ceremony in addition to the new AZ stadium?”
But according to Alderman Christiaan Peetoom, there is nothing wrong. “We have engaged an ecological consultancy to investigate whether this is possible,” says Peetoom. “They have set a number of conditions and we fully meet that.”
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