Decline of Leach’s Storm Petrels Hydrobates leucorhous at the largest colonies in the northeast Atlantic

• Main Authors: Deakin, Zoe, Hansen, Erpur Snær, Luxmoore, Richard, Thomas, Robert J, Wood, Matt J, Padget, Oliver, Medeiros, Renata, Aitchison, Rowan, Ausden, Malcolm, Barnard, Richard, Booth, Viv, Hansen, Broddi Reyr, Hansen, Eldur A, Hey, Jessica, Hilmarsson, Jóhann Óli, Hoyer, Peter, Kirby, Will, Luxmoore, Alasdair, McDevitt, Anne-Marie, Meulemans, Fenna M, Moore, Pete, Sanderson, Fiona, Sigursteinsson, Marinó, Taylor, Philip R, Thompson, Paul, Trotman, Daniel, Wallisch, Katharina, Wallisch, Nina, Watson, Dan, Bolton, Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Burrows; Vestmannaeyjar; Elliðaey; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147465/; http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-33-74; https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147465/1/seabird-33-74.pdf

Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous has undergone substantial population declines at North Atlantic colonies over recent decades, but censusing the species is challenging because it nests in burrows and is only active at colonies at night. Acoustic playback surveys allow birds present in nest...