A canal tour operator in London's Little Venice says he is seeing dead birds 'all the time'.
About a dozen dead swans and geese have been found in canals near Little Venice in central London, amid concerns the cause of death could be avian flu.
The birds were discovered floating in the Regent's and Grand Union canals by tour operator Ben Perkins., with 161 cases recorded in captive birds - more than three million birds have been culled.London Waterbus Company operator Mr Perkins said he was seeing dead birds "all the time". He would usually find one only once every few months, he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service .Similar incidents have been reported in other areas of the country.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said wild birds were susceptible to a "range of diseases and injuries" and not all dead birds would have been infected with avian influenza.if they find one or more dead bird of prey, three or more dead gulls or wild waterfowl - swans, geese and ducks - or five or more dead birds of any species, Defra said.Mr Perkins told the LDRS: "All up the canals heading north from Camden, there are just loads of dead birds everywhere.
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