Almost 100 birds rescued following East Coast oil spill crisis

Kildare Wildlife Rescue co-ordinator Pearse Stokes capturing a Guillemot.

Almost 100 birds have been rescued along the coastline from Dublin to Wexford as part of a nationwide response to the East Coast oil spill crisis.

The birds, consisting of 90 Guillemots and six Razorbills, were saved by Kildare Wildlife Rescue (KWR) teams, alongside a number of people from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), BirdWatch Ireland, and Oiled Wildlife Response Network (OWRN) volunteers.