Oiled Scoter being cleaned by RSPCA staff at Saundersfoot. Sea Empress Oil Spill. Pembrokeshire. 1996

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Oiled Scoter being given an initial cleaning by RSPCA staff before being taken to a proper cleaning centre. The bird was one of many affected by the Sea Empress oil tanker which ran aground off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, in 1996.

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Size: 5291px × 3562px
Location: Pembrokeshire. South Wales.
Photo credit: © JONATHAN PLANT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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