| Date of observation | Date of online report | Country | Species name | PPE item | Observation | Observer or reporter |
1 | 03-04-2020 | 03-04-2020 | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | Braid vets |
2 | 10-04-2020 | 23-04-2020 | Canada | American robin (Turdus migratorius) | Face mask | Entangled | Sandra Denisuk |
3 | Unknown | 14-04-2020 | Poland | Sparrow sp. (Passer sp.) | Gloves | Nest material | Marta Szulkin |
4 | Unknown | 11-05-2020 | U.S.A. | Cat (Felis catus) | Glove | Ingested | ACCT Philly and Art City Vets & Urgent Care |
5 | 03-06-2020 | The paper | The Netherlands | Common coot (Fulica atra) | Face mask | Nest material | Marieke Elzinga |
6 | 18-06-2020 | This overview | Germany | White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | Face mask | Entangled | Volker Hastädt & Karsten Matschei & Bela Bartel |
7 | Unknown | 01-07-2020 | France | Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) | Face mask | Other: hiding | Opération Mer Propre |
8 | Unknown | 11-07-2020 | U.K. | Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | Face mask | Entangled | David Tudor |
9 | 19-07-2020 | 19-07-2020 | U.K. | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face mask | Entangled | RSPCA Essex South |
10 | 19-07-2020 | 24-07-2020 | U.K. | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) | Face mask | Entangled | Steve Shiley |
11 | Unknown | 22-07-2020 | U.K. | Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | Face mask | Entangled | South Essex Wildlife Hospital |
12 | Unknown | 22-07-2020 | U.K. | European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) | Glove | Entangled | South Essex Wildlife Hospital |
13 | 31-07-2020 | 31-07-2020 | U.S.A. | Checkered pufferfish (Sphoeroides testudineus) | Face mask | Entangled | Tiffany Menichetti (Clean this beach up) |
14 | 02-08-2020 | The paper | The Netherlands | Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | Glove | Entrapped | Brandon Hartley and Marie Diamond (Plastic Spotter) |
15 | 24-07-2020 | 05-08-2020 | U.S.A. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | Animal Rescue League of Boston |
16 | Unknown | 07-08-2020 | U.K. | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face mask | Carrying | Roger Lovell |
17 | 11-08-2020 | 11-08-2020 | U.K. | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face mask | Carrying | Leon Neal |
18 | 11-08-2020 | 11-08-2020 | U.K. | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face mask | Carrying | Peter Nicholls |
19 | 31-08-2020 | 01-09-2020 | U.K. | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face Mask | Carrying | Nicholas Hayman |
20 | Unknown | 05-09-2020 | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | University of Glasgow’s small animal hospital |
21 | 06-09-2020 | The paper | The Netherlands | Common coot (Fulica atra) | Face mask and glove | Nest material | Auke-Florian Hiemstra and Liselotte Rambonnet |
22 | 09-09-2020 | This overview | The Netherlands | Cat (Felis catus) | Face mask | Carrying | D. Wesselius |
23 | Unknown | 14-09-2020 | Italy | Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | Face mask | Other: playing | Paolo Nicolai |
24 | Unknown | 20-09-2020 | Italy | Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Face mask | Entangled | Jacopo Casali |
25 | Unknown | 23-08-2020 | Unknown, possibly North-America | Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) | Face mask | Other: unknown | Unknown |
26 | 23-09-2020 | 23-09-2020 | France | Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) | Face mask | Entangled | Opération Mer Propre |
27 | 23-09-2020 | 23-09-2020 | France | Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) | Face mask | Entangled | Opération Mer Propre |
28 | Unknown | 28-09-2020 | Finland | Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) | Face mask | Nest material | Maiju Lehtiniemi |
29 | Unknown | 29-08-2020 | Unknown | Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Other: playing | Unknown |
30 | 11-09-2020 | 15-09-2020 | Brazil | Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) | Face mask | Ingested | Argonauta Institute for Coastal and Marine Conservation |
31 | 30-09-2020 | This overview | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | Westport Veterinary Clinic |
32 | Unknown | 09-10-2020 | Unknown | Canada goose (Branta canadensis) | Face mask | Entangled | Unknown |
33 | Unknown | 10-10-2020 | The Netherlands | Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) | Two face masks | Entangled | Mirjam van Otterlo |
34 | 20-10-2020 | 23-10-2020 | The Netherlands | European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) | Face mask | Entangled | Egelopvang ‘t Stekeltje |
35 | 30-10-2020 | 30-10-2020 | Malaysia | Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) | Face mask | Other: chewing | Mohd Rasfan |
36 | 30-09-2020 | 30-09-2020 | U.S.A. | House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) | Face mask | Nest material | Whitney Krueger |
37 | 10-2020 | 23-11-2020 | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | 2 face masks | Ingested | Betsy Kehoe |
38 | Unknown | 24-11-2020 | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | Mike Glanton & Zetland Vets Hospital |
39 | 2020 | 2021 | U.K. | Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Face mask | Entangled | RSPCA |
40 | 01-01-2021 | 04-01-2021 | The Netherlands | Gull sp. (Laridae sp.) | Face mask | Entangled | Erwin Kompanje |
41 | 01-01-2021 | 07-01-2021 | The Netherlands | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face mask | Ingested | Janneke van Gerwen |
42 | 14-02-2021 | 17-02-2021 | U.K. | Common merganser (Mergus merganser) | Face mask | Entangled | Maureen Griffiths |
43 | 23-02-2021 | 23-02-2021 | Canada | Herring gull (Larus argentatus) | Face mask | Entangled | Lancy Cheng |
44 | Unknown | 09-03-2021 | Philippines | Coral sp. | Face masks | Entangled | Anilao Scuba Dive Centre |
45 | 04-03-2021 | This overview | Italy | Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) | Face mask | Ingested | Marco Zenatello, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research |
46 | 06-03-2021 | 07-03-2021 | The Netherlands | Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Face mask | Entangled | Dierenambulance Noord- en Midden-Drenthe |
47 | 15-03-2021 | This overview | Germany | House mouse (Mus musculus) | Face mask | Nest material | Carsten |
48 | 22-03-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Crow (Corvus corone) | Face mask | Ingesting | Kylian |
49 | Unknown | 25-03-2021 | Ireland | Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | Face mask | Entangled | Marie Purdy |
50 | 26-03-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Crow (Corvus corone) | Face mask | Nest material | E. van Loenen |
51 | 26-03-2021 | This overview | Germany | Pigeon sp. (Columbidae sp.) | Face mask | Entangled | Anni We |
52 | 27-03-2021 | This overview | U.S.A. | Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | Face mask | Entangled | Jason |
53 | Unknown | 2020 | U.K. | Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) | Face mask | Entangled | RSPCA |
54 | 02-04-2021 | 03-04-2021 | Belgium | Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) | Face mask | Other: carrying | Dirk Blondeel |
55 | 03-04-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) | Face mask | Other: carrying | Rob Sevenhuijsen |
56 | 04-04-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Common coot (Fulica atra) | Face mask | Nest material | Lia |
57 | 06-04-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Black kite (Milvus migrans) | Face mask | Other: carrying | Sven Hensen |
58 | 19-04-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | Face masks | Ingesting | L. Mulder |
59 | 22-04-2021 | 25-04-2021 | The Netherlands | Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) | Face masks | Nest material | Marcel van Kammen |
60 | 01-05-2021 | This overview | India | Sciuridae sp. | Face masks | Nest material | Manmath K Mishra |
61 | Unknown | 06-05-2021 | U.K. | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | 29 face masks | Ingested | Darren Coyne |
62 | 06-05-2021 | This overview | Scotland | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | face mask | Entangled | Kate Fearnley and Maruska Greenwood |
63 | 06-05-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Common coot (Fulica atra) | Face mask | Nest material | Danielle Z |
64 | 11-05-2021 | This overview | The Netherlands | Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica) | Face mask | Entangled | Femke van Veen |
65 | 18-05-2021 | 19-05-2021 | U.K. | Mute swan (Cygnus olor) | Face mask | Entangled | Cyril Bennis |
66 | 05-06-2021 | 06-06-2021 | Ireland | Puffin (Fraticula arctica) | Face mask | Entangled | Pedro Teixeira |
67 | 20-06-2021 | This overview | U.S.A. | Crow (Corvus corone) | Face mask | Nest material | Monica Ellisor |
68 | 05-07-2021 | This overview | Germany | White stork (Ciconia ciconia) | Face mask | Nest material | Stefan Bosch, NABU |
69 | 09-07-2021 | 16-07-2021 | Namibia | Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) | Face mask | Entangled | Ocean Conservation Namibia |
70 | 17-07-2021 | 19-07-2021 | U.K. | Herring gull (Larus argentatus) | Face mask | Ingesting | Amy Blackwell |
71 | 08-2021 | 9-2-2022 | Japan | Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) | Face mask | Ingested | Takuya Fukuoaka, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
72 | Unknown | 30-08-2021 | U.S.A. | Anhinga (Anhinga ahninga) | Face mask | Entangled | Pelican Harbor Seabird Station |
73 | 25-10-2021 | 26-10-2021 | Barbados | Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | Face mask | Entangled | Barbados Sea Turtle Project |
74 | 26-10-2021 | This overview | Australia | Brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) | Face mask | Entangled | Juvi |
75 | 15-11-2021 | 15-11-2021 | The Netherlands | Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) | Face mask | Entanglement | Haags ploggâh |
76 | 29-01-2022 | 03-02-2022 | U.S.A. | Common murre (Uria aalge) | Face mask | Entanglement | Kevin Abedini |
77 | Unknown | 23-02-2022 | Australia | Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) | Face mask | Nest material | Miki Perkins |
78 | Unknown | 23-02-2022 | Australia | Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) | Face mask | Entanglement | Miki Perkins |
79 | Unknown | 23-02-2022 | Australia | Australian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) | Face mask (reusable) | Other: carrying | Miki Perkins |
80 | Unknown | 18-03-2022 | Australia | Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) | Face mask | Other: playing | University of Sunshine Coast |
81 | 02-2022 | 18-03-2022 | Australia | Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) | Face mask | Ingested | University of Sunshine Coast |
82 | 07-03-2022 | This overview | The Netherlands | Herring gull (Larus argentatus) | Face mask | Other: carrying | Jaap Bierman |
83 | 11-03-2022 | 11-03-2022 | Australia | Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) | 4 face masks | Nest material | Paula Wasiak |
84 | 18-03-2022 | This overview | The Netherlands | Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) | Face mask | Other: carrying | Liselotte Rambonnet |
85 | 03-2022 | 19-03-2022 | Ireland | Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides) | Face mask | Other | Richard T. Mills |
86 | 03-2022 | 20-05-2022 | Tenerife | Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) | Face mask | Ingested | Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety at University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
