Moments after returning home from a trip away my neighbour popped round to inform me about a sick Gannet that had come ashore earlier in the day. Another bird drifted in on the evening tide later in the evening.
It is highly likely that these birds are suffering from avian influensa which has been hitting seabird colonies in the UK and elsewhere pretty hard. I saw some indications of bird flu at some seabird colonies in Iceland a couple of weeks ago. Particularly tragic when one considers all the other issues facing our seabirds these days.
If there are two birds in front of my house goodness knows how many there are along the rest of the coast....
For more info see this link.
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