The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

Thousands of migrating barnacle geese on the Solway were killed by the disease during the winter

Dozens of coastal sites in the UK closed to the public as H5N1 continues to sweep through wild bird populations across the world

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

Staff may still be sent to attend to injured birds, but they will not be accepted into rescue centres.

RSPB said the disease is having a "devastating impact" on some of the rare species that make their home on the island off the Northumberland coast

Birsay, Orkney: This catastrophe has global significance – at this time of year, Scotland hosts 46% of the world’s northern gannets

The Scottish Seabird Centre has released images that show how much the gannet community on Bass Rock has depleted since the outbreak of Avian flu in their colony.

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 –…