Today we remember the awful effect of this disaster in 1967, 58 years ago.
This had a catastrophic effect on wildlife for many miles around and many birds such as Puffins and Guillemots populations were reduced so dramatically that it will be many more decades for their numbers to return to the same level, if they ever do.
Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital helped over 8000 birds that year and many more over the following years. We still see oiled birds due to other spillages every year, although thankfully not in the same numbers! 🤞🙏
Photographs courtesy of the BBC website.
Please see the link below if you wish to read more about it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39223308
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