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Community rallies to raise almost £30,000 to replace popular bird hide destroyed in fire
NatureScotâs Mill Hide on the shores of Loch Leven National Nature Reserve (NNR) was completely wrecked by a blaze on February 18
Local Beavers are among those who have helped raise £30k (Image: perthshireadvertiser)
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POLICE resources will not be reduced in Prestonpans, community leaders have been reassured. A recent meeting of Preston Seton Gosford community and police partnership (CAPP) was told a community police officer was being redeployed to a new role. Brian Weddell, Prestonpans Community Council chair, contacted Chief Inspector Neil Mitchell, East Lothian’s local area commander, expressing his concerns following the meeting, with the officer’s redeployment coming at the same time as a “significant increase in anti-social behaviour”. PCs Walker Nixon and Fiona Cunningham are the community police officers for Preston Seton and Gosford (PSG). PC Cunningham works part-time. But after five years, PC Nixon is to move to a new role covering schools across Musselburgh, Tranent and Prestonpans, a role suited to his skillset, said Ch Insp Mitchell.
An award-wining bird hide at an iconic beauty spotwhich was destroyed by fire is to be rebuilt after tens of thousands of pounds were raised in just over two months. NatureScot’s Mill Hide on the shores of Loch Leven National Nature Reserve (NNR) was completely destroyed in a blaze on February 18th. Encouraged by the many offers of support from the community, the organisation began a campaign on 1 March to raise funds to re-build the hide through MyParkScotland, Scotland’s only crowdfunding site specifically for nature reserves, parks and greenspaces. Now the fundraising effort has raised £30,000 and has almost reached its goal of of £35,000 to re-build the hide.
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image captionThe Mill Hide was destroyed by fire in February
An appeal to rebuild a popular Loch Leven birdwatching spot destroyed by fire has raised almost £30,000.
NatureScot s Mill Hide on the edge of Kinross was gutted by the blaze, which was believed to have been started deliberately, in February.
The money was raised on crowdfunding site MyParkScotland.
The original hide, built in 2011, cost about £35,000, and NatureScot has committed to make up any financial shortfall to rebuild it.
image copyrightLorne Gill/NatureScot
The Mill hide had won awards for its architecture and design.
NatureScot said the charred remains of the hide were removed in early March, and the site fenced off for public safety.