it started off as one or two on certain beaches here amroth was one of the first places, and then hasrn coastline here in pembrokeshire. we've totted up... we think it's in the order of about 7—800 birds so far, which if you consider that's over a two—week period and we don't know what's to come yet, know who knows how many we could be talking about once this thing has run its course? and this is just one small corner of the uk. 50,000 wild birds are said to have died from avian flu last year, and the true figure is expected to be even higher. the reality is that birds that end up dead on beaches like this one died out there. out in the ocean. so what we're seeing along our coastlines is most likely the tip of the iceberg. the rspb says more needs to be done to protect already threatened bird populations. our seabirds are already facing a cocktail of threats from damaging developments in their marine environment to warming oceans. on top of that, bird flu is already a crisis, and if governments don't step up their response soon, we risk that crisis becoming a full—scale catastrophe. t

it started off as one or two on certain beaches here amroth was one of the first places, and then hase don't know what's to come yet, know who knows how many we could be talking about once this thing has run its course? and this is just one small corner of the uk. 50,000 wild birds are said to have died from avian flu last year, and the true figure is expected to be even higher. the reality is that birds that end up dead on beaches like this one died out there. out in the ocean. so what we're seeing along our coastlines is most likely the tip of the iceberg. the rspb says more needs to be done to protect already threatened bird populations. 0ur seabirds are already facing a cocktail of threats from damaging developments in their marine environment to warming oceans. on top of that, bird flu is already a crisis, and if governments don't step up their response soon, we risk that crisis becoming a full—scale catastrophe. the uk's national authorities say they are working with a range of agencies to respond to the flu outbreak and are closely monitoring wild bird populations. and new seab

it started off as one or two on certain beaches here amroth was one of the first places, and then has the uk. 50,000 wild birds are said to have died from avian flu last year, and the true figure is expected to be even higher. the reality is that birds that end up dead on beaches like this one died out there. out in the ocean. so what we're seeing along our coastlines is most likely the tip of the iceberg. the rspb says more needs to be done to protect already threatened bird populations. our seabirds are already facing a cocktail of threats from damaging developments in their marine environment to warming oceans. on top of that, bird flu is already a crisis, and if governments don't step up their response soon, we risk that crisis becoming a full—scale catastrophe. the uk's national authorities say they are working with a range of agencies to respond to the flu outbreak and are closely monitoring wild bird populations. and new seabird conservation strategies are also in development. meanwhile, this summer, millions of us are already heading to the beaches where infected birds lie. we