One of Britain's commonest auks is increasingly attacking and killing neighbouring chicks in response to food shortages at seabird colonies on a Firth of Forth island.
Researchers at the University of Leeds and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, who have been studying Common Guillemots on the Isle of May in Scotland, have observed a dramatic increase in the number of adults deliberately attacking chicks in neighbouring nests.
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Researchers at the University of Leeds and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, who have been studying Common Guillemots on the Isle of May in Scotland, have observed a dramatic increase in the number of adults deliberately attacking chicks in neighbouring nests.
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