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People might also be interested in the Guardian article [1], which concentrated on the precipitous decline of Puffin numbers in Shetland. Compared to places whe
by jgraham 8y ago
People might also be interested in the Guardian article [1], which concentrated on the precipitous decline of Puffin numbers in Shetland. Compared to places where the drop has not been so steep, it seems that the birds are having to travel much further to find food (hundreds of kilometers in some cases), which is linked to changes in sea temperatures as a result of global warming; as sea temperatures change plankton are not available at the right time to feed sand eel larvae and so there aren't so many sand eels for the puffins to eat.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/03/shetland-seabirds-climate-change-catastrophe-terns-kittiwakes-puffins https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/03/shetland...