GULLS OUTSMART KILLER BIRD FLU

Seabirds avoid hotspots

- WILL STONE

CRAFTY gulls and other seabirds have worked out how to avoid bird flu, an expert says.

Ibrahim Alfarwi of the RSPB spotted sandwich terns avoiding nesting areas wiped out by the disease.

The warden said this season’s birds have shunned sites used as colonies last year, when the disease took hold.