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Birds killed in the Torrey Canyon Disaster

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The Torrey Canyon disaster probably killed more than 30,000 seabirds. In a sample of 1,223 dead birds of eight different species 97 per cent were guillemots and razorbills.

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  1. The Seabird Group, c/o British Ornithologists' Union, The Bird Room, British Museum (Natural History), London

    W. R. P. BOURNE & J. D. PARRACK

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Durham,

    G. R. POTTS

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BOURNE, W., PARRACK, J. & POTTS, G. Birds killed in the Torrey Canyon Disaster. Nature 215, 1123–1125 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151123a0

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