Thursday, 31 July 2025

Environment Watchdog Investigates Bird Deaths At Cooks Hill

 BY IAN CROUCH

The deaths of several birds at Cooks Hill has prompted an investigation by the Environment Protection Authority.

The EPA received a report from Newcastle Council of dead birds in Railway Street between the intersections of Bull and Swan Streets.

They found 7 birds including Magpies, Magpie Larks and Common Mynas.

An autopsy is under way to determine how they died.

It follows the deaths of hundreds of Corellas in a suspected poisoning at Carrington in March.