As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday 4 July 2019

More than a dozen seabird species in decline off south-east Australia, study finds



The findings are ‘worrying’, researchers say, and are likely to be partly because of warming ocean temperatures
Australian Associated Press
Mon 1 Jul 2019 07.40 BSTLast modified on Mon 1 Jul 2019 11.54 BST
More than a dozen species of seabirds are in decline off Australia’s south-east coast – likely because of warming ocean temperatures, new research has found.
The study revealed sightings of almost half of the 30 most abundant seabirds – including the wandering albatross and flesh-footed shearwater – had fallen in the region between 2000 and 2016.
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