Just heard on IW Radio of the mystery oil spill that has affected wildlife between Grange Chine and St Catherine’s Point.
According to the IW County Press, the Environment Agency, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the IW Council have been working together to find out the extent of the pollution and the source. As of yesterday, around 60 birds had died and some were being cleaned and cared for at the RSPCA centre in Sandford.
It’s thought that the oil may have come from the Ice Prince, which wrecked last week dropping a cargo of 2,000 tons of timber – some of which has washed up on the south coast of the Wight.
Anyone who finds dead or oil-covered birds or wildlife should contact the RSPCA on its emergency number, 0300 1234 999.
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