The makers of the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise have been criticised for filming on a rocky outcrop off the coast of Ireland which is home to thousands of rare birds
Director JJ Abrams and Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill are among the cast and crew who have joined filming on Skellig Michael, off the coast of County Kerry, for Episode VII.
But conservationists have said the filmmakers should not be there during breeding season for the puffins, manx shearwaters, storm petrels and other species that call the island - which rises 700m out of the Atlantic Ocean - their home.
"This is totally inappropriate in terms of the timing," Stephen Newton of Birdwatch Ireland said.
"The birds could desert the island if they get too stressed out, by the amount of noise and vibration."
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