It is understood the bird was spotted from a monitoring boat positioned in the area of the leak, around 112 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, and had picked up some oil on its wings.
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Oiled bird discovered in North Sea as Shell battles to stem leak
The first oiled bird has been recorded in the North Sea following the worst oil spill in the area for more than a decade.
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