The British invasion reaches our shores - their first target, Louisiana's state bird

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Gulf of Mexico oil slick hits wildlife reserve beaches - Telegraph

Rusty streaks of crude could be seen closing in on the Chandeleur Islands and small, dark patches of oily sheen lapped ashore in some places close to flocks of birds.

The uninhabited island chain, 60-miles from New Orleans, is home to endangered brown pelicans, least tern and piping plover shore birds