Great auk cover artwork © Bruce Pearson

It was the only flightless seabird in the northern hemisphere, and the last one in Orkney was shot in Papa Westray in 1813. Paleontology researcher Ilari Pätilä from the University of Helsinki tells the story of the great auk – and also some of the other magnificent seabirds from the prehistoric past, among them the ancient albatrosses whose fossils were first discovered in Britain.