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Warning after dead gull tests positive for bird flu

Jason Arunn Murugesu
BBC News, North East and Cumbria
Getty White gull with yellow beak on bench looking sideways. Getty
A wild gull has tested posted for bird flu in Whitehaven

A herring gull found dead has tested positive for bird flu, the Animal and Plant Health Agency has confirmed.

The bird was found in Whitehaven and the agency said it was aware of a number of other wild bird deaths in the area.

Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners said a number of positive cases of avian influenza had also been reported in the Whitehaven Harbour area.

A spokesman said that people should not "panic" but refrain from touching or picking up dead or sick birds and report any discoveries online.

Earlier in the year bird flu was found in Burnopfield, Lazonby in Cumbria and in dead swans found in a park in Chester-le-Street.

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