Seabird deaths hit the Welsh coast

Skomer Wardens Ed Stubbings and Bee Büche visited Newgale beach in Pembrokeshire on February 23.

“We found around sixty dead seabirds, almost half were razorbills” said Ed.

“Like wrecks of birds recorded elsewhere on the coast, many were clearly malnourished, and had suffered badly in the stormy conditions”.

"If anyone finds dead birds on the beach please look for metal rings and report the numbers to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)".

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales says one of the stormiest winters on record is seeing dead birds washing ashore on many of our beaches.

The Trust, which manages the internationally important seabird islands of Skomer and Skokholm on the Pembrokeshire coast, says deaths are being reported on beaches like Newgale, Broad Haven and Ferryside

It says between them Skomer and Skokholm are home to over 20,000 puffins as well as around 28,000 guillemots and 9,000 razorbills,