thank you, ben. the royal society for the. oiled birds thank you, ben. have been spotted around poole harbour in dorset according to wildlife charity, rspb. it comes after a pipeline from a nearby oilfield leaked on sunday. a major incident s been declared after 200 barrels of reservoir fluid spilt from perenco s wytch farm oil field into the water. poole harbour is a protected area and recognised as an internationally important wetland. the impact on wildlife in the area is now of growing concern. i m joined now by the chief executive of dorset wildlife trust, brian bleesehow big of a deal is this spill for the wildlife in the region and what do we know so far about the impact? we re very concerned. it s such an
let s see the situation on the scottish mainland. ben philip sent this report from aberdeenshire. a summer s day at the beach. but this is becoming an all too common sight up and down the country dead birds washed up on the sand. since the start ofjuly alone, more than 1,000 dead seabirds suspected of having avian influenza have been collected and disposed of on the aberdeenshire coastline hundreds of them from here at the beach in cruden bay. we ve had reports back from the beach pretty much on a daily basis that, you know, there s either dead or dying birds washed up all the way. i mean, literally every tide, they ve brought in more. so it s been pretty much all over. and, of course, this being a very sort of visitor related beach and all the rest of it, it s been a shame for the visitors and this, that and the other, so seeing this much sort of destruction, really, the bird population. aberdeenshire council says it s seen a significant reduction in the number of dead birds being