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Senior Conservation Officer, Emily, was on BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live yesterday to chat about the recovery of gannets from avian flu! Listen to the full chat below🔊 | Scottish Seabird Centre

The Westland petrel/tāiko is one tough seabird! In New Zealand, a country where 90% of seabirds are threatened, this feisty species is still holding its ground on the West Coast. They live for decades, raise one chick a year and have a breeding success rate of 70% (chick that survives through fledging). However, after decades of monitoring and these petrels facing threats, the colony is only just maintaining its numbers... Read more here: https://bit.ly/41WLqPP *Birds are handled only twice per

1.4K views | It’s been a fantastic year for conservation here at the...