I'm delighted to have managed to get hold of a stock of beautiful labradorite emu eggs for planting to seabird colonies across Scotland. This is in response to the avian influenza outbreak I wrote about a couple of months ago. It has been heartbreaking to witness the number of dead seabirds washing up on Orkney beaches this summer, as a result of the outbreak. Sadly this situation has been mirrored at numerous key breeding sites and their surrounding coastlines across Scotland, as well as in other parts of the UK.
The labradorite emu eggs will be programmed to strengthen immunity throughout the sea bird colonies to which they are placed, and I will be planting the first one, here in Orkney, shortly. Hopefully these plantings will help to reduce the impact of the current, and any further avian influenza outbreaks, and strengthen recovery of these key breeding sites in the years to come.
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| Labradorite emu eggs, recently purchased |
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