Eleven dead swans reported as potentially infected with bird flu in east Cork on Thursday morning had not been moved hours later, it has been claimed, prompting fears that a possible biohazard was left at the lake to spread the potentially deadly virus unchecked.
Six dead swans were found at about 9am at Loughaderra, a lake outside Castlemartyr, Co Cork, and another two swans were seen “struggling”.
After 2pm, another five dead swans were seen there and the carcasses of the earlier reported six dead swans were still there. All were reported to the Department of Agriculture through its Avian Check app.
“This is a biohazard,” Proinsias Ó Tuama, who reported the dead birds to the Department of Agriculture, told .