A species of seabird hit by a devastating avian flu outbreak is making a “painfully slow recovery” at Shetland’s national nature reserves.
NatureScot reported a slight increase in the number of great skua at Hermaness and Noss national nature reserves (NNRs), but said it could take “years, if not decades” to get back to pre-virus levels.
The full census of the species, for which Shetland is a global stronghold, was carried out as part of a probe into how populations are faring following the H5N1 influenza strain outbreak of 2022.
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