In 2022, bird flu caused an entire Sandwich tern colony in England to be abandoned; four breeding seasons later, the birds have returned in record numbers, creating one of the country’s largest colonies
- Four breeding seasons after a deadly bird flu outbreak forced a colony of Sandwich Terns to leave their nesting ground, the seabirds have returned in record numbers, creating one of England's largest breeding sites.
- Monitoring reports published by Rare Bird Alert confirm that Sandwich Terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) nested at RSPB Pagham Harbour in West Sussex in unprecedented numbers during the 2026 breeding season.
- The recovery comes four years after the highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian influenza badly affected seabird colonies across the UK.
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- Four breeding seasons after a deadly bird flu outbreak forced a colony of Sandwich Terns to leave their nesting ground, the seabirds have returned in record numbers, creating one of England's largest breeding sites.
- Monitoring reports published by Rare Bird Alert confirm that Sandwich Terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) nested at RSPB Pagham Harbour in West Sussex in unprecedented numbers during the 2026 breeding season.
- The recovery comes four years after the highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian influenza badly affected seabird colonies across the UK.
Sources: Times of India