Nature & Environment
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
...et al 1967). Divers are also frequent victims and among wildfowl, eiders Somateria spp., scoters Melanitta spp. and the Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemaIis have suffered losses in tens of thousands in some incidents (McCallum 1964; Harrison 1967). In March 1968, 1,300 Common Eiders and scoters were found oiled in the Firth of Tay in Scotland (J. J. D. Greenwood, pers....