Avian flu leaves large numbers of birds dead on beaches
Scheduled boat trips to the visitor attraction off North Berwick are continuing with extra hygiene measures in place, and members of the public are being urged not to touch any dead birds.
The group of tiny islands and sea stacks that make up St Kilda is home to almost a million seabirds, including gannets, shearwaters and storm petrels.Great skua, also known as bonxie, migrate to St Kilda and other parts of the UK and Ireland from their wintering grounds off Spain and Africa. RSPB Scotland describe the birds as an "aggressive pirate of the sea" that steals food from other sea birds.
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