These species were the northern giant petrel, southern giant petrel, white-chinned petrel, light-mantled albatross, black-browed albatross, gray-headed albatross and the wandering albatross.

Signy is occupied only during the austral summer, research focuses on the island's bird populations (one in ten of the world's 50,000 southern giant petrels live around Signy), and land-based ecology.

Smaller numbers of affected giant petrels (at least 20 Southern and four Northern) and Sooty Albatrosses (five) have been observed. “The deaths of adult seabirds are of greater concern than ...