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Extreme Percentage changeFiled in Notes on September 3rd 05 .
“While it is normal for seabirds to suffer periodic failures, the frequency seems to have been increasing in recent years.”
The common pattern appears to be that late breeding species are doing badly. A shortage of sandeels – a common food source – caused low numbers last year, but this year some observers have noticed species looking for alternative food sources such as white fish (pollock), but this food has less nutritional yield for the chicks. Your turn
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