#ClimateDiary This is incredibly sad.. One of the biggest injustices of #ClimateEmergency is how it hurts animals and plants.

“Experts say a series of storms in October, culminating in #StormBabet, had caused the disappearance – and likely death – of these birds. But their disappearance could be a microcosm of what is happening on other islands – and a warning of what happens to seabirds as extreme weather events become more frequent.” #Birds #Storm

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/23/conservation-why-600-european-shags-disappeared-isle-of-may-scotland-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘It was desolation’: why did 700 shags disappear from an island overnight?

Isle of May’s wildlife warden calls it ‘soul-destroying’ to discover birds he ringed as chicks washing up dead on the Scottish coast

The Guardian
@pvonhellermannn an island I have looked upon many a time and admired the shags diving in the waters between Isle of May and south shore of the Forth. Just heart breaking and maddening.