British birds’ long-distance feats and longevity are revealed

Flying around the world may have become an unappealing prospect or a distant dream for most people during the coronavirus crisis. If you are a Manx shearwater, however, there is no limit to your long-distance travel, and one of these small seabirds from the Hebridean isle of Rùm was last year clocked journeying more than 7,564 miles from its Scottish breeding colony to the seaside resort of Las Grutas in Argentina. An arctic skua from Scotland…