Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 12 July 2022. This summer (2023) holidaymakers are being advised to stay away from dead birds on UK beaches, as the largest outbreak of bird flu continues into the summer.
Political paralysis, looming recession and climate change: dark metaphorical clouds are hanging over Britain – and now dead birds are falling from the sky. Take a walk along a beach in Scotland or down the east coast of England this summer and you are likely to find the bodies of sick seabirds washed up on the shore. In Brighton last weekend a seagull dropped dead mid-flight.
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