@FlyinginFordham Not sure why you feel the need to jump on tweets that you aren’t even tagged in & that have already been answered correctly?! 🤷🏻♀️A bit like interrupting a conversation you're not involved in.
@Lenny_Ross_ I’m not sure on the answer to that. It’s possible that the sticks are secondary ingested, so the fish they eat had eaten the stick, the same with the plastics. The stick itself wouldn’t kill it directly, unless it perforated an organ.
Washed up in winter; An adult Gannet, good nutritional condition, so had been feeding well. This is the alarming contents of its stomach. A handful of natural materials, lots of plastic, inc.100+ pieces of micro plastic(not pictured) Our sea life shouldn’t have to live like this.
@Chrisp_W4 @McKenzie6593 Often Gannet’s can misjudge a dive and break their neck. So no obvious injuries but instant death. That’s how a lot of Gannet’s that wash up die.
@BirdingDad @KieronHuston I’d hazard a guess that a majority of this is secondary ingested, so from the fish they swallow. Particularly the micro plastics.
My beautiful Peanut has gone over the rainbow bridge this evening. At a ripe old age of 5y3m, she was the most characterful guinea pig I’ve owned. She believed she was a dog in many ways & always got her voice heard! Pea, you leave a huge gap in our pet family, you’ll be missed.
@sferguk There is no specific ‘NNR’ ruling, it depends on county laws & regional NE laws and regulations. Also if it is launched from a public footpath and is a certain distance above the area, it’s not in deemed as being in the land owners airspace.