The RSPCA took more than 300 birds found in Dorset, Cornwall, Hampshire and Sussex to centres in Taunton, Somerset, and Hastings in East Sussex.
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Many of the birds found were dead, but inspectors and volunteers saved as many as they could and took them to Hastings in East Sussex and West Hatch Animal Rescue Centre in Taunton, Somerset.
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