New taskforce deployed to tackle avian flu in Scotland

The disease spread across the UK this year leading to some Scottish islands banning visitors

Scotland’s migratory birds now have a new task force looking after them – and trying to work out why some species are disproportionately affected by bird flu.

It comes after tens of thousands of birds across the country were killed by the disease this summer, triggering biosecurity measures across the whole of Great Britain.

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