News releases

Researchers have found that the Bass Rock gannet colony, the largest Northern gannet colony on the Earth, has reduced by 25-30% since the last major count in 2014. The latest findings were a result of a partnership between the Scottish Seabird Centre, The University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences, and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The group collected imagery from a state-of-the-art drone, implemented automated counts and combined this data with traditional seabird counting methods to help them understand the impact Avian Flu had on the island’s gannet population.

The Scottish Seabird Centre continues to receive daily calls from concerned members of the public about significant numbers of dead seabirds (mainly auks including guillemots and razorbills) that have been found washed up along the coastline of the Firth of Forth.

Scottish Seabird Centre statement about dead and injured seabirds

The Scottish Seabird Centre, has formally registered an objection with Marine Scotland to the SSE – Renewables proposal to build one of the largest offshore wind developments in the world in the outer Firth of Forth.