Bird Flu Hit News Today

in their latest t20 match fresh hope for the worlds largest colony of gannets off the east coast of scotland — after thousands died last year from bird flu. good morning. we have some heavy and persistent rain coming into northern ireland as we go through today and then later into western scotland. a few scattered showers around but for many we will have a dry day with some sunshine, especially in the south and east. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning....

To every square metre. the island and its huge gannet population was featured in the bbc�*s celebrated wild isles series. but in the spring they return to their breeding grounds and each couple re—establish their partnership with a delicate courtship display. but this time last year, right in the middle of the breeding season, bird flu was detected on bass rock. it could not have hit at a worse time. gannets, including chicks, died in their thousands. these images taken before bird flu hit i...

Bird flu was detected on bass rock. it could not have hit at a worse time. gannets, including chicks, died in their thousands. these images, taken before bird flu hit in 2020, and last year, show a dramatic reduction in the gannet population on bass rock. a year on, and we are headed back to bass rock with a team of scientists from edinburgh university, who are doing the first population survey of the gannets this year. in 2021, it was estimated there were 150,000 birds, 75,000 breeding pairs co...