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Gannet colonies could take 15 years to recover from bird flu
Key takeaways
- PA Media Image caption, Gannets on Bass Rock were first exposed to H5N1 bird flu in 2022
- Gannet populations at two of the world's largest colonies are not expected to recover from the impact of 2022's bird flu outbreak for almost two decades.
- A new study from the RSPB said seabirds on Bass Rock, off Scotland's east coast, and Grassholm, off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, had suffered an "unprecedented deadly blow" during the outbreak.
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PA Media Image caption, Gannets on Bass Rock were first exposed to H5N1 bird flu in 2022
Gannet populations at two of the world's largest colonies are not expected to recover from the impact of 2022's bird flu outbreak for almost two decades.
A new study from the RSPB said seabirds on Bass Rock, off Scotland's east coast, and Grassholm, off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, had suffered an "unprecedented deadly blow" during the outbreak.
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