The Oiling of Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island was the location where Baden-Powell started the Boy Scout movement. It's now an Internationally-important wetland and marine conservation zone. It has woodlands, a brackish lagoon, salt marsh and two freshwater lakes. The oil leaked from the Perenco pipeline into Poole Harbour, has now started to wash up on the Northern and Western shores of Brownsea Island (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/28/poole-harbour-oil-spill-washes-up-on-wildlife-haven-brownsea-island). The Poole Harbour Commissioners have noted that 60 km of shoreline has had to be cleaned after this oil spill. Helicopters and drones, as well as boat and shore patrol,s have had to be activated. Oiled sea birds are still being found, in spite of this extraordinary level of emergency provision.