© Izzy Imset SCENE: Dead birds laid out on Chesil Beach.
A huge amount of dead birds have washed up on Chesil Beach.
Some of the 100 or so seabirds have been found alive but the majority are dead or in distress.
Storms have washed them onto the beach.
Birds such as razorbills, guillemots and two kittiwakes have been found.
Five dead puffins, which are species of European conservation concern, have also been washed up.
Some of these birds were covered in oil, and those found alive are exhausted and need time to recover, says Dorset Wildlife Trust.
Concerned conservation officers have been able to rescue some of the stranded birds. A trapped razorbill, stuck inside an empty metal cage filled with shingle to stabilise the shoreline was freed by Angela Thomas, Assistant Warden at the Chesil Bank and Fleet Nature Reserve.
She said: "The force of the waves had emptied the shingle from the metal cage, but somehow a razorbill had become trapped inside - it was hard to get it out, and we had no idea how it got in there. It would not have escaped without our help, so we're glad we managed to spot it."
Comment: For the last couple of months, across the northern hemisphere, extremely cold weather conditions have been driving many wintering Arctic and boreal bird species much further south than is usual. These include Snowy Owls recorded in Hawaii and Bermuda!! Additionally, many are turning up in unprecedented numbers. This all points to a probable return of the Ice Age. See also this selection: Rare Arctic bird turns up in Darwin, Australia
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