Significant drop in seabird numbers after avian flu outbreak

The RSPB are warning the virus remains one of the biggest threats to conservation

Gordon Chree

If you were on Scotland’s coastline a couple of years ago it’s impossible to forget the sight of large numbers of dead seabirds having been washed up onto the shore – killed by avian flu.

Now the RSPB says the H5N1 outbreak caused a significant decline in several species of birds.

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