NatureScot fears 'significant' declines of great skuas in Shetland, and tern problems elsewhere.
It said Scotland supported 60% of the world breeding population of great skua.
Targeted surveys of breeding seabird populations are ongoing in the hope of better understanding the extent of the impact.Great Skua, know locally as Bonxie, were affected in Shetland last year Alastair MacGugan, a NatureScot wildlife manager, said: "It is too soon to draw firm conclusions about the impact of last year's terrible losses, but the low numbers of great skua and terns returning to our shores is certainly concerning and something we are keeping a very close watch on.
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