Rangers ‘heartbroken’ after 600 dead Arctic tern chicks found in Northumberland

Bird flu suspected as cause of death of vulnerable migratory birds at Long Nanny, the biggest UK breeding colony

National Trust rangers have described their heartbreak and worry" after recovering more than 600 dead chicks at Britain's largest mainland colony of Arctic terns.

The trust said on Monday that Long Nanny, on the coast of Northumberland, had been hit by a suspected outbreak of avian flu during the peak of the breeding season.