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News and Announcements

You can find all the latest news and announcements from the River Yealm Harbour Authority below.

Electric Ferry

We are please to announce the introduction of the Electric Ferry to the river.

This will run from 8am – 10am each morning and then from 4pm until late. Our normal ferry will continue to operate through the day from 10am – 4pm.

If you wish to book the Electric Ferry please contact them on 07399067942 or on Channel 69.

For more information please visit; https://www.ycet.co.uk/

 

 

UK Government Guidance

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

Reporting dead wild birds

Do not touch or pick up any dead or visibly sick birds that you find.

You should call the Defra helpline (03459 33 55 77) if you find:

  • one or more dead bird of prey or owl
  • 3 or more dead gulls or wild waterfowl (swans, geese and ducks)
  • 5 or more dead birds of any species

We then collect some of these birds and test them to help us understand how the disease is distributed geographically and in different types of bird.

Calls to the Defra helpline about dead wild birds are triaged and not all birds will be collected. The criteria for which birds are collected are adjusted to increase or decrease the sensitivity of surveillance.

Wild birds are susceptible to a range of diseases and injuries and not all dead birds will have been infected with avian influenza.

Wild birds are susceptible to a range of diseases and injuries and not all dead birds will have been infected with avian influenza.