Two new confirmed cases of H5N8 bird flu in wild birds: a Buzzard in Somerset and a Canada Goose in Dorset.
No new cases affecting domestic or commercial stock.
In France, the country whose farmers have been hardest hit by bird flu, the mass cull of farmed ducks is beginning to come to an end and the agriculture minister, Stephane Le Foll, says that the authorities and the foie gras industry would also study longer-term measures to reduce bird flu risks, including a rethink on the transporting of animals.
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I wonder if we’ll see a higher infection rate in farmed birds later in the year as migrants start moving in?