14 April 2013 Last updated at 11:15 ET <\/p>\n
Dead birds have been washed up on beaches in Devon and Cornwall, the RSPCA has said. <\/p>\n
It said it had received reports of birds being washed up at Port Wrinkle and Whitsand in Cornwall, as well as Wembury and Heybrook Bay in Devon. <\/p>\n
More than 100 birds were found dead on one section of beach between Downderry and Seaton, in south-east Cornwall, on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n
Dog walkers have been told to keep their pets away. <\/p>\n
BBC reporter Jane Chandler said RSPCA staff were \"taking away sackfuls of dead birds\" between Downderry and Seaton. <\/p>\n
Dead and alive birds were also reported covered in an oily substance on a beach at Bantham in south Devon. <\/p>\n
The deaths follow those of scores of other birds covered in a \"sticky substance\" being washed up on the south coasts of the counties in the past week. <\/p>\n
More than 90 birds covered in the substance, mostly guillemots, washed up between Mevagissey in Cornwall to Kingsbridge in Devon. <\/p>\n
The RSPCA said its West Hatch wildlife centre in Taunton, Somerset, was still looking after more than 60 birds. <\/p>\n
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