The bird was observed on Söderskär in the Stockholm archipelago on July 1. The seabird, also known as the “Baltic penguin,” lives along the coast, where it breeds during the summer - something that also applies to the record-breaking bird.
It was very lively, there were no signs that it was old or weak, he says.
Once a year, Claes Kyrk and his colleagues head out to the nesting site to check on the birds. If it survives a few more years, it could set a European record.
There are a couple of gulls, which are another seabird, that are 51 and 52 years old but are free of the same disease, so I think they can break the record, he says.
