A lost and hungry gannet was out of its depth when it turned up
on a Comrie farm. Gannets usually hunt fish by diving from great
heights of up to 30 metres into the sea and pursuing their prey
deep underwater but the baby seabird found itself miles off
course. Its saviours called the Scottish Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the bird was soon winging
its way (by van) to the charity’s National Wildlife Rescue
Centre in Clackmannanshire. The SSPCA has rescued over 100
seabirds which were blown inland during severe storms at the end
of September. Staff at it the centre have treated 95 guillemots,
21 gannets, two fulmars and one razorbill, all of which were
unable to cope with the recent heavy seas and high winds.
Manager of the National Wildlife Rescue Centre, Colin Seddon,
said: “We have taken in a total of 119 seabird casualties as a
result of the storms and we fully expect to rescue more over the
coming days. “The guillemots were either too weak or underweight
to cope with the storms and a