The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds announces new measures to prevent fires at the reserve.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs confirmed the major fish kill on the Four Mile Burn, a tributary of the Six Mile Water at Newmills near Doagh.

The RSPB says damage caused to wildlife would take two years "at the earliest" to recover.

Officers ask for information as they investigate a fire believed to have been started deliberately.

The RSPB has assessed damage at Neston reedbed on the Wirral Peninsula after the large blaze.

Six fire appliances were sent to deal with the massive blaze on the Wirral Peninsula.