Seabird storm toll rises

Wildlife carers have been inundated with injured seabirds after recent storms.

WA Seabird Rescue's Linda Emery said yesterday more than 130 dead birds had been found and dozens were in the group's care.

Ms Emery said WA Seabird Rescue, which cares for sick and injured birds from Jurien Bay to Albany, had seen a rise in birds with broken wings and exhaustion.

She said 135 black cormorants died after a tree fell at a nesting colony in Mandurah and eight young birds had been taken into care. "We have responded to quite a number of calls since the storms," Ms Emery said.

Native Animal Rescue veterinary nurse Kelli Ellemor, who nurses sick animals found in Perth's north, said the Malaga centre was caring for seabirds including a white-headed petrel and a southern fulmar.