Ocean Sentry
(From pressandjournal.co.uk) – The report, called the State of the UK’s Birds, showed birds were being forced to rapidly adapt their behaviour to survive, altering their nesting and migration patterns and forcing them farther afield to find food.
Another seabird, the critically endangered Balearic shearwater, has been seen increasingly in the UK as the impact of climate change on fish is forcing it to migrate farther in search of food.
Conservationists are also concerned that many species already breed at the northernmost point possible in the Arctic and will have nowhere to go if their sites are hit by warming.
In Scotland, there has been a fall in the breeding success of seabirds such as guillemots, puffins and kittiwakes as rising sea temperatures affect the food chain.
The government is encouraging gardeners to be vigilant and look out for the pest, which can harm wooded areas and plants.
(By Emily Beament)
