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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

Bird flu outbreak on Farne Islands ‘could kill up to 50,000 birds’

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Between 30,000 and 50,000 birds are likely to have died so far in a crucial island colony in the UK’s worst bird flu epidemic, National Trust chiefs say.

The outbreak of avian flu on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast has been described as an “unprecedented wildlife tragedy”.

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