More than a month has passed since two two oil ... Sea coast could improve in the spring when migratory birds leave for their northern nesting grounds. But until the cleanup is complete, the oil ...

The birds were all emaciated and there are fears they may have been victims of a spill from the MSC Zoe container ship, from which some 345 containers fell in the sea during a storm.

Russian officials originally claimed that the spill was contained, but soon after the disaster, sightings of floating oil and tarred birds were reported all along Russia’s Black Sea coast.