Heron Island, for example, is a speck of land on the Barrier Reef inhabited mostly by birds.

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More than 300 birds, mostly guillemots but also some razorbills, have been treated at the RSPCA West Hatch centre near Taunton, Somerset.

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Hundreds of birds, mostly guillemots, were washed up on the south coast of England three weeks ago, covered in glue-like polyisobutene (PIB).

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