Electrocuted Crow This crow which had died recently was found below  a power line pole. It had almost certainly short circuited the powerlines when it had landed on the insulated power line support. This has been a problem on powerlines with some large birds whose wingspan can reach from the powerline to an earthed item such as the metal cross bars.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14584">Nigel Mykura</a>
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