DOZENS of dead seabirds are still being washed up on Chesil Beach.

Local campaigners and conservationists claim the deaths are due to a deadly combination of freak storms, lumps of what is thought to be palm or vegetable oil and fishing equipment.

More than 100 birds, including razorbills, guillemots and gannets, have washed up around Chesil Cove over the past week along with lumps of a white, sticky substance.