The annual migration of seabirds from the North Pacific to the Australian east coast a staggering flight of more than 15,000 kilometres saw perished birds washing up on Newcastle shores at the weekend.
Each year, the short-tailed shearwater makes an epic flight from as far as Alaska towards Victoria and, in the case of non-breeding and immature birds, onto Antarctica. However, many never make the full journey and instead plummet down on Hunter, Central Coast, and Great Lakes beaches.
