The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

The animal charity is urging the public not to bring any unwell birds to their rescue centres.

The animal welfare charity has warned members of the public not to touch or pick up dead or obviously ill birds

In the UK, the disease was first detected in October 2021. As elsewhere, the outbreak was at first largely confined to poultry, and farmers were forced to cull 500,000 chickens and other birds

After a series of localised outbreaks in the past few years, avian flu has re-emerged as a major driver of bird deaths across the UK. Until the past few weeks, the latest outbreak of the disease – also known as bird flu or, to scientists, highly pathogenic avian influenza –…

The cause of the deaths in the seabird community has not been confirmed as tests for avian flu continue to be carried out

The carcasses are appearing along the coast from Tentsmuir to Tayport in Fife.

Avian flu has reportedly killed over 1,000 birds so far as it continues to decimate wild bird populations.

Hong Kong has suspended the import of poultry from the UK in the latest consequence of an outbreak of avian influenza in the Shetland Islands.

One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying