Rescued birds are to fly at sea for the first time since being found
on the coast covered in an oil additive.
More than 300 guillemots and razorbills found covered in glue-like
polyisobutene (PIB) four weeks ago have been cared for by the RSPCA.
Most of them were discovered on Dorset
beaches where they were found covered in the waxy substance.
The RSPCA said it hoped up to 29 birds could be released from a cliff
top in the Portland
Washing-up liquid
They are to be the first birds released from the West Hatch Animal
Rescue Centre in Taunton , Somerset
Peter Venn, centre manager, said: "Just over 300 birds were
brought in. Just over 100 had to be put to sleep. The substance wasn't a crude
oil but it was still an oil."
Other affected birds were found in Cornwall ,
Folkestone and on the Isle of Wight .
The RSPCA said there have been reports of birds found covered in the
same sticky substance in Ostend ,
Belgium
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