Guillemot

    Famine and storms behind sudden bird deaths

    Famine and storms behind sudden bird deaths

    Hundreds of guillemots have been found dead along the west coast. A harsher climate and overfishing seem to be the cause of the birds starving to death.

    The journey of the guillemot

    The journey of the guillemot

    For a few weeks in late June and early July, thousands of baby birds jump from the cliffs of Stora Karlsö – before they have learned to fly

    A downpour of cub birds

    A downpour of cub birds

    The sound on the beach is deafening. Using the word cacophony feels enticing, but on reflection, symphony feels like the right choice of words. On Stora Karlsö, the birds live in symbiosis with each other

    No tourists – no guillemots

    No tourists – no guillemots

    When society was put on pause during the pandemic, many people's opinion was that nature and wildlife would now have a chance to recover. But for the herring pigs on Stora Karlsö, it was the other way around – the missing tourists

    The Stora Karlsö’s bird-watching rebel

    The Stora Karlsö’s bird-watching rebel

    Jonas Hentati Sundberg is a marine biologist and has been researching guillemots, on Stora Karlsö, for almost two decades. When the island was closed down to tourists during the pandemic, he discovered something fascinating: The guillemots needed the tourists to survive