Climate change, loss of food, overfishing and bird flu have piled pressure on wild Scots birds and contributed to declining populations.
Scotland's seabirds face a “dire” future without urgent action, conservationists warn, after five more species joined the red list of threatened species.
Half of all the UK’s seabirds are found in Scotland. The research means that of the 23 seabird species that make their home and raise their young in Scotland, nine are now included in the red list with 12 on the Amber list and two on Green. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.
Other key factors they say must be addressed are the entanglement of seabirds in fishing gear, the protection of seabird colonies from invasive predators - and offshore renewable energy development in important foraging zones.
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