Seabirds

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<p>Atlantic puffins with sand eels in its beak.</p>

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Seabirds in trouble due to fewer sand eel and sprat

Puffins must now travel ever longer distances to harvest fish for their chicks. Flying long distances, with fish held in the bill, is an additional burden on stressed parents. Chicks are undernourished and their survival rates fall

<p>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: "In 2015, Alaska's common murre seabird colonies fell eerily quiet. Working with partners, scientists at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge have spent years documenting what happened next: the largest single-species wildlife die-off ever recorded in modern history." Picture: USFWS.</p>

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Richard Collins: The worst single-species die-off in the modern era

<p>Supporters during a rally led by Fair Seas outside Leinster House, Dublin highlighting a lack of progress on the vital Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Bill. The coalition of Ireland’s leading environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGOs) and environmental networks are determined to make its voice heard as the clock ticks down to the end of this Dáil, and was assisted by a collection of volunteers dressed as sea creatures. Picture: Gareth Chaney </p>

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Anja Murray: What's the delay with the Marine Protected Areas bill?

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Richard Collins: New species of storm petrel discovered

South Polar Skua, Catharacta maccornicki on Cuverville Island, Antarctica.

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Donal Hickey: Spotted — Ireland's first south polar skua

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Islands of Ireland: Mizen Head's Bird Island is really tricky to get to — and that's great

Donal Hickey: 'Plastic soup' is a recipe for disaster for seabirds

Some 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic, mistaking it for prey. Some species are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases like plasticosis

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Spectacular gannets have great muscle and staying power — it's sad to see bird flu hit them so hard

Gannets swallow their catch headfirst and consume many times their own weight

Thu, 03 Nov, 2022

Richard Collins: The impact of wild weather on wild creatures

Seabirds reduce risk by flying into the eye of a storm

Thu, 27 Oct, 2022

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

These birds with a wing-span of more than 2 metres use updrafts to get airborne — exploiting air currents, they can fly almost without flapping their wings

Fri, 09 Sep, 2022

Richard Collins: Our only 'all-black' duck — increased sightings of the common scoter

Global warming, offshore windfarms and oil spills haven't helped the situation but the latest numbers are somewhat positive

Thu, 01 Sep, 2022

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

As far as that bird knows you’re a predator! In the natural world, there’s nothing good about a large animal trying to seek out your nest

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

Plastic found in thousands of seabird nests across Europe

Information was collected from 14 seabird species in 84 colonies between 2016 and 2020

Fri, 06 Aug, 2021

Richard Collins: Islands seeing decline in number of seabirds

There were plenty of fulmars on the cliff-ledges of the Blaskets last week, but the waters off Inishnabro and Inishvickillane had fewer seabirds than I remember 30 years ago. With ocean temperatures rising, due to global warming, fish are moving to cooler waters and birds are following them.

Mon, 11 Jun, 2018

Seabirds

Seabirds in trouble due to fewer sand eel and sprat

Richard Collins: The worst single-species die-off in the modern era

Anja Murray: What's the delay with the Marine Protected Areas bill?

Richard Collins: New species of storm petrel discovered

Donal Hickey: Spotted — Ireland's first south polar skua

Islands of Ireland: Mizen Head's Bird Island is really tricky to get to — and that's great

Donal Hickey: 'Plastic soup' is a recipe for disaster for seabirds

Spectacular gannets have great muscle and staying power — it's sad to see bird flu hit them so hard

Richard Collins: The impact of wild weather on wild creatures

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

Richard Collins: Our only 'all-black' duck — increased sightings of the common scoter

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

Plastic found in thousands of seabird nests across Europe

Richard Collins: Islands seeing decline in number of seabirds

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Mick Clifford

Seabirds

Seabirds in trouble due to fewer sand eel and sprat

Richard Collins: The worst single-species die-off in the modern era

Anja Murray: What's the delay with the Marine Protected Areas bill?

Richard Collins: New species of storm petrel discovered

Donal Hickey: Spotted — Ireland's first south polar skua

Islands of Ireland: Mizen Head's Bird Island is really tricky to get to — and that's great

Donal Hickey: 'Plastic soup' is a recipe for disaster for seabirds

Spectacular gannets have great muscle and staying power — it's sad to see bird flu hit them so hard

Richard Collins: The impact of wild weather on wild creatures

Rare albatross sighting off Irish coast

Richard Collins: Our only 'all-black' duck — increased sightings of the common scoter

Donal Hickey: look but don't get too close to those bird nests

Plastic found in thousands of seabird nests across Europe

Richard Collins: Islands seeing decline in number of seabirds

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