Wildlife lovers demand autopsies 200 birds who dropped dead in Wales

Wildlife lovers demand autopsies after 200 starlings dropped dead from the sky ‘like something out of a horror film’ in Welsh village – amid fears the flock was killed by a gas cloud

  • The dead birds found near Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire
  • Cliff Benson of The Sea Trust wants the cause of the birds’ deaths investigated
  • He said the fatal incident occurred near the Dragon LNG gas refinery 
  • A spokesperson for the gas plant said their facility was operating normally  

Wildlife lovers are calling for autopsies after 200 starlings mysteriously dropped dead from the sky in a seaside village – after fears the flock could have been killed by a gas cloud.

Ornithologists fear the birds could have killed by gas from a nearby refinery before they fell to the ground ‘like a horror film’.

The mysterious deaths happened earlier this month near the villages of Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire, and close to the Dragon LNG gas refinery.

Some 200 starlings were found dead on a road near the villages of Waterston and Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire, and close to the Dragon LNG gas refinery

Wildlife lovers fear the birds could have been killed by  gas and want a full investigation

Cliff Benson, of wildlife group The Sea Trust, said: ‘The incident is a mystery, and is completely out of the normal’

Cliff Benson, of wildlife group The Sea Trust, said: ‘The incident is a mystery, and is completely out of the normal.

‘It may have been something to do with Dragon LNG, or it may have been a freak collision of murmurating birds.

‘There would need to be an autopsy on several of them to work out what injuries they sustained, either internal such as maybe intake of poisonous gas, or external such as broken bones from a collision.

‘Without such information, it is impossible to know.’

A spokeswoman for Dragon LNG said: ‘It’s in the vicinity but it’s normal operations at Dragon LNG. There was nothing different at the plant.’

Tests on the birds are set to be carried out by officials but the results may not be known for some time.

A Pembrokeshire Council spokesperson said: ‘Officers attended the site and there were around 200 starlings found dead on the road.

‘The authority undertook a clean-up and removed the dead birds from site. There is no clear indication as to the cause of these deaths. We have reported the incident to the Animal and Plant Health Agency.’

Prembrokeshire Council said ‘We have reported the incident to the Animal and Plant Health Agency’

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