A survey of stranded seabirds on the Atlantic coast of France has found more than 21,000 of their corpses washed up on shores between Brittany and Spain.
A co-ordinated count that took place last weekend (22-23 February) from Finistère to the Spanish border resulted in 21,341 dead birds begin retrieved, along with and another 2,784 brought to veterinary centres to aid recovery. Several thousand dead seabirds were already counted earlier in the month and fishermen and other boat users reported that there were "carpets of dead birds" still floating at sea.
See http://www.sott.net/article/274701-Update-Tens-of-thousands-of-dead-seabirds-have-now-washed-up-in-Bay-of-Biscay
Today on only a short walk on the beach near Praya de Mira (< 1 km) we found these two Puffins Fratercula arctica and one Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla.
Fratercula arctica; but where did its wing feathers go to? I assume it has not been marked by someone.
Rissa tridactyla.
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