MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEAD FISH WASHED-UP ON BEACH THAT EVEN SEAGULLS WON'T TOUCH, DEVON, ENGLAND

Jude Sat 05 Sep 2015, 00:25

Hundreds of thousands of fish washed up on some of the most scenic of Britain's beaches

BRITAIN'S most beautiful beaches have been covered in thousands of tiny fish in a Bank Holiday mystery.

By OLI SMITH

16:28, Tue, Sep 1, 2015 | UPDATED: 21:27, Tue, Sep 1, 2015

Beachgoers at Branscombe and Sidmouth were swamped with thousands of tiny fish, believed to be whitebait.

Families enjoying a day out were shocked to find piles of dead fish at the high water mark during the Bank Holiday weekend.

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The beachgoers were stunned at the amount of fish on the shore

Questions remain over how the fish ended up on the Devon beaches and why none of the hungry seagulls will touch them.

The seabirds that have plagued Britain's holidaygoers this summer seemed to be refusing to take advantage of the free meal in front of them.

Families were spotted trying to throw the fish back into the sea but became overwhelmed as more fish were pushed ashore.

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MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEAD FISH WASHED-UP ON BEACH THAT EVEN SEAGULLS WON'T TOUCH, DEVON, ENGLAND Even-310

Mystery surrounds the fish which even the seagulls won't touch

Large numbers of fish have been washed ashore on previous occasions because of pollution and environmental disturbances.

The scene was reminiscent of Branscombe beach in 2007 when thousands of birds and marine wildlife were affected by pollution from the beaching of the MSC Napoli.

In August last year Plymouth suffered a similar incident when bewildered beach walkers came across "hundreds of thousands" of whitebait fish trapped in the tidal pool at Devil's Point.

Guy Baker, Marine Biological Association communications officer, also suggested that this was the season for mackerel to be hunting small fish and they could have chased them into the shallow waters.

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