• Bird Flu Update – December 2022
    After a devastating summer for our seabirds as a result of the worst-ever avian flu outbreak to date, we have been monitoring the return of our wintering wildfowl populations with bated breath. When...
  • Bird flu update November 2021
    Following a number of confirmed cases of Avian Influenza in August this year, mainly amongst Great Skuas in Scotland, there have now been numerous outbreaks since the end of October. There have been cases...
  • Bird flu
    We don't hear much about bird flu - possibly better called poultry flu - these days. A few years ago the media were full of it and how it might threaten the poultry industry here in the UK and elsewhere...
  • Bird Flu update - 11 December 2020
    Recent cases of avian influenza have once again brought ‘bird flu’ in to the news. There have been a number of confirmed cases of avian influenza so far this autumn. There have been cases in England...
  • Bird Flu Update June 2022
    The 2021/22 outbreak of HPAI is still affecting wild bird populations in the UK. This has been the worst ever outbreak of HPAI in the UK and has not only affected a large number of birds but is ongoing...