Animal Plant Health Agency
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Contents:
- Latest situation
- All bird flu cases and disease zones
- Bird flu guidance
- Bird gatherings
- Vaccines
- Latest GOV.UK news stories
- Risk levels and outbreak assessments
- Wild birds
- Mammals
- Bird flu webinars
- Defra policies and contingency plans
- Bird flu legislation
Latest situation
Take action to prevent bird flu and stop it spreading. Be vigilant for signs of disease and report it to keep your birds safe.
20 January 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Wem, North Shropshire, Shropshire (AIV 2025/05). All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises.Although the premises is in England part of the surveillance zone extends into the Wrexham local authority area of Wales.
19 January 2025
Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a premises near Attleborough, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2024/09), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.
18 January 2025
Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around a third premises near Attleborough, Breckland, Norfolk (AIV 2024/15), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed the protection zone becomes a surveillance zone.
Check the updatedbird flu disease control zone map.
Regional avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) with housing
A regional AIPZ with mandatory biosecurity and housing measures has been declared in:
- the unitary authorities of the East Riding of Yorkshire
- the City of Kingston upon Hull
- all districts in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
From noon on Monday 23 December 2024 all bird keepers in the AIPZ must keep their birds housed to protect them from bird flu. This applies to pet birds, commercial flocks and just a few birds in a backyard flock.
These housing and biosecurity measures are to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of disease occurring.
Check if youre in abird flu disease zone on the map.
If youre in a bird flu disease control zone you mustfollow the rules for that zoneand check if you need alicence to move poultry, poultry by-products, eggs, material or mammals.
Practising good biosecurity at all times protects the health and welfare of your birds and for commercial keepers will help protect your business fromHPAIand other diseases.
Find outwhat you can do to prevent bird flu and stop it spreadingandhow to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds.
All bird flu cases and disease control zones
The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N5 of the current outbreak was confirmed in England on the 5 November 2024.
The first case of HPAI H5N1 of the current outbreak was confirmed in:
- England on 17 November 2024
- Scotland on 10 January 2025
Whilst there have been no cases of HPAI confirmed in Wales during this outbreak, in line with World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) rules Great Britain is no longer free from highly pathogenic avian influenza.
No cases of HPAI have been confirmed in Northern Ireland this season and Northern Ireland continues to have WOAH self-declared zonal freedom from highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Finddetails of all bird flu cases and disease zones in England.
The table below lists the number of confirmed cases ofHPAI during the currentoutbreak.
| Country | HPAI H5N5 | HPAI H5N1 |
|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 19 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 |
| Wales | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 |
The last outbreak of HPAI in poultry and other captive birds in the UK prior to the outbreak on 5 November 2024 occurred on 14 February 2024.
Finddetails of previous bird flu cases and disease zones in England.
Find details of previous bird flucases in Scotland,cases in Walesandcases in Northern Ireland.
Find details and assessments of past outbreaks in Great Britain in the Animal and Plant Health Agencys outbreak epidemiology reports.
Bird flu guidance
Find out how to:
- spot and report bird flu in poultry and other captive birds
- report dead wild birds
- prevent bird flu and stop it spreading
- follow the rules in disease zones
- check if you need a movement licence and how to apply
- house your birds safely
- follow the rules if you keep racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds
- hold a bird gathering
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