A Manx Shearwater is a nocturnal black and white sea bird about the size of a dove.

If you find a Manx Shearwater that has become grounded it needs to be taken to a place where it can be cared for and recover before being released at dusk.

These birds should not be put back onto the sea or any other water as the sea gulls will kill them.

Please put the bird into a cardboard box with air holes and contact one of the people listed below for further help: Jean Hains: Oiled Bird Rescue Centre, Lower House Farm, West Williamston (Nr Carew), South Pembrokeshire. Tel: 01646 651236 (Answer phone service available); Audrey Harrison: 16 London Rd. Pembroke Dock Tel: 01646 683462; Nigel Rossiter mobile 07974 387715.

Alternatively, you can take the bird to the nearest vets surgery.