Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021-2022

• Published in: Bird study Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 293 - 310
• Main Authors: Tremlett, Constance J., Cleasby, Ian R., Bolton, Mark, Wilson, Linda J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thetford Taylor & Francis 01.10.2024; British Trust for Ornithology
• Subjects: Aquatic birds; Avian flu; avian influenza; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian theory; Breeding; Colonies; Conservation; decline; Estimates; Growth rate; Influenza; Mathematical models; Monitoring; Morus bassanus; Outbreaks; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; population dynamics; Population number; population size; Population statistics; probability; Probability theory; Seabirds; Species; State space models; Stercorarius skua; Sterna dougallii; Sterna hirundo; Thalasseus sandvicensis; time series analysis; Trends; United Kingdom > UK
• ISSN: 0006-3657; 1944-6705; 1944-6705
• DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2024.2438641

UK breeding populations of Great Skua Stercorarius skua, Northern Gannet Morus bassanus, Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis and Common Tern Sterna hirundo decreased substantially between the most recent national seabird census (2015-2021 Seabirds Count, hereafter SC) and 2023. The outbreak of hig...