Guillemots among birds 'devastated' by outbreak of bird flu, Yorkshire study reveals. By Nathan Hyde. Senior News Reporter. Published 25th Sep 2023, 10:09 BST. Updated 25th Sep 2023, 10:10 BST.

How climate change has affected guillemots. Aside from avian flu, the 50-year study has found that the guillemot population now breeds over two weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s.

Over 500 common guillemots - seabirds related to penguins and puffins - have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since the year began, French League for Birds (LPO) has estimated.

Guillemots sit on the water and are particularly vulnerable to an approaching slick. Becoming coated in even a small amount of oil means a bird loses its ability to retain heat, which can lead to ...

A black guillemot flies with a fish in its beak on Cooper Island. Black guillemots prefer to eat small cod, but when the sea ice is too far offshore, the birds are forced to hunt for sculpin ...

The study focused on black guillemots, common terns and roseate terns living near the Isles of Shoals. New research from Dartmouth shows one type of seabird in the Gulf of Maine, the black ...

The RSPB said the population of seabirds on the island has tripled to 21,000 birds, with the Manx shearwater population growing from 297 pairs to 5,504 and puffins increasing from just 13 birds to ...

The current mass die-off of guillemots is reminiscent of a similar “big auk wreck” which took place in 2021, also involving over a thousand birds of the auk species.

Bird flu confirmed in dead seabirds on Manx coast More than 50 wild birds found dead on the west of the island had the highly contagious H5N1 strain. 22 Jul 2022 ...

NatureScot said in a statement: "We are continuing to see dead birds, particularly kittiwakes, guillemots and herring gulls, reported on our east coast shores, although we have been receiving ...

Hundreds of guillemot seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms that prevent them from feeding, environmentalists said.

Over 500 common guillemots – seabirds related to penguins and puffins – have been found dead along the French Atlantic coast since 2024 began, the French League for Birds, or LPO, has estimated.