even days to complete. but even without ai, even days to complete. but even without al. you even days to complete. but even without ai, you can even days to complete. but even without ai, you can see - even days to complete. but even without ai, you can see that - without ai, you can see that quite a lot of birds have come back. on the ground, it s clear many have chicks. great news for the colony. and some birds that have survived the flue show unexpected changes. look at this. the gannat s distinctive blue iris sometimes turns black. maggie is delighted by how well the colony is doing. colony is doing. this is magnificent colony is doing. this is magnificent what - colony is doing. this is magnificent what we i colony is doing. this is i magnificent what we are colony is doing. this is - magnificent what we are seeing here. it truly is. when we returned this year, we didn t know quite how it was going to unfold, and what we are seeing now is established breeders that have su
which means you get less accurate as time goes on. the computer doesn t get bored, it doesn t get tired. but even without ai, you can see a lot of birds have come back. some have survived the flu. just look how it can change their eyes. and there are chicks lots of them. maggie is delighted. this is magnificent, what we re seeing here. what we are seeing now is established breeders that have survived this a lot more than i think we hoped for. but lots of the birds haven t built nests. gannets pairfor life. these birds are waiting for their partners to come back. but it s late in the season. maggie fears most are probably dead. it ll be a couple of months before the scientists publish theirfindings. the colony has taken a big hit, but the good news is the gannets of bass rock will survive. justin rowlatt, bbc news,
in their latest t20 match fresh hope for the world s largest colony of gannets off the east coast of scotland after thousands died last year from bird flu. good morning. we have some heavy and persistent rain coming into northern ireland as we go through today and then later into western scotland. a few scattered showers around but for many we will have a dry day with some sunshine, especially in the south and east. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it is thursdayjuly the 6th. our main story. the bosses of the four biggest banking groups are meeting the financial watchdog today to discuss concerns that interest rates on savings accounts aren t increasing as quickly as those for mortgages. the banks have denied accusations from mps that they ve been profiteering. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. bank customers are feeling the pressure charged
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to every square metre. the island and its huge gannet population was featured in the bbc s celebrated wild isles series. but in the spring they return to their breeding grounds and each couple re establish their partnership with a delicate courtship display. but this time last year, right in the middle of the breeding season, bird flu was detected on bass rock. it could not have hit at a worse time. gannets, including chicks, died in their thousands. these images taken before bird flu hit in 2020 and last year show a dramatic reduction in the gannet population on bass rock. a year on and we are headed back to bass rock with a team of scientists from edinburgh university who are doing the first population