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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Ross Hunter

Bird flu detected among Islay's significant geese population

BIRD flu has been detected amongst an internationally important population of geese on a Scottish island.

Islay, an island off the west coast, hosts approximately 60% of the world’s barnacle geese every winter.

Around 50,000 of the birds migrate to Scotland from Greenland in the autumn, before heading back north in the spring.

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