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May 2023
More than 70 birds have died at a nature reserve near Ripon after an outbreak of bird flu.
The outbreak has affected a colony of breeding black-headed gulls at Nosterfield Nature Reserve.
Staff and volunteers have been forced to wear specially designed PPE suits, hats and gloves to collect the corpses from the 60-hectare site.
Visitors have been warned that they could see distressing scenes with more birds likely to die from the disease in the coming weeks.
Simon Warwick, director of the Lower Ure Conservation Trust which runs Nosterfield, said:
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