The Wee Bankie is a rich sandeel ground some 40 kilometres (25 miles) out to sea but still well within the feeding range of local seabird breeding colonies.
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"The sandeel props up the whole of the North Sea food chain, including the poor old beleaguered cod, " said Dr Euan Dunn, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).