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Stevie the Gannet has built a nest on the cliffs of Inner Farne - but is miles from the nearest gannet colonies ...
GPS tracking is being used to help conservationists understand where the birds go and what they are doing when they are not ...
Gannets, Britain's largest seabirds, are returning to the cliffs of Bempton, on the East Yorkshire coast, after spending the ...
At RSPB Bempton Cliffs on the east coast, 3,000 of the distinctive seabirds settle in the crags to breed. The nature reserve ...
The Bempton gannets were affected by avian flu in 2022, and, "with the disease being regularly reported in UK wild birds, there is a possibility of outbreaks in seabirds again this year," per an ...
May is a fabulous month here on the cliffs at RSPB Bempton. The seabird breeding season is well under way; swallows are back ...
Bird flu has previously affected the gannet population at Bempton, they have fared a bit better but since 2023, says Ms Jackson. As well as puffins and gannets, the site is also a popular location ...
Many of the planet’s most consequential ecological changes don’t come with viral footage or easy villains. They unfold ...
Nature charities are urging Scottish ministers to refuse a major offshore windfarm development which they say threatens the future of seabirds.