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Jean hoped bird flu wouldn’t come to Australia. Then it arrived – and she saw a tern ‘trembling and swaying’

The Guardian Environment Monday 10 August 2026, 15:00 UTC By Kat Wong 1 min read
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Volunteers are on the lookout for sick birds as outbreak shatters ‘fairytale belief’ that disease would not reach AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBird enthusiast Jean Turner hoped avian flu would never arrive at her doorstep. At her home on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, bossy fairy wrens chirp at her from the deck, grey currawongs clumsily fall into her bird bath, and fluffy, hooded plover chicks emerge from speckled eggs in front of her binoculars.

Volunteers are on the lookout for sick birds as outbreak shatters ‘fairytale belief’ that disease would not reach Australia

Bird enthusiast Jean Turner hoped avian flu would never arrive at her doorstep.

At her home on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, bossy fairy wrens chirp at her from the deck, grey currawongs clumsily fall into her bird bath, and fluffy, hooded plover chicks emerge from speckled eggs in front of her binoculars.

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