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sweep
01-Aug-06, 15:08
just been a walk to reiss beach and saw three dead puffins there at different places. seems a bit unusual?

Rheghead
01-Aug-06, 15:15
just been a walk to reiss beach and saw three dead puffins there at different places. seems a bit unusual?

That sounds like the spate of dead gullimots that we had at the end of last year.:~( There is a thread on the org about them somewhere.

Gleber2
02-Aug-06, 16:11
Less puffins at Dunnet Head this year than in the 14 years I have lived here.

Dreadnought
02-Aug-06, 18:34
It's probably just a coincidence. If you see dozens of dead birds then start worrying.

As an aside I got a photo showing birdflu had reached Paris (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Minitar1/Odds%20n%20Sods/bird-flu-france.jpg)...