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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Rangers ‘heartbroken’ after 600 dead Arctic tern chicks found in Northumberland

An Arctic tern at Long Nanny, Northumberland, where 600 dead chicks were found.
An Arctic tern at Long Nanny, Northumberland, where 600 dead chicks were found. Photograph: National Trust Images/Derek Hatton

National Trust rangers have described their “heartbreak and worry” after recovering more than 600 dead chicks at Britain’s largest mainland colony of Arctic terns.

The trust said on Monday that Long Nanny, on the coast of Northumberland, had been hit by a suspected outbreak of avian flu during the peak of the breeding season.

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