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
From midday on Monday 10 February 2025 bird gatherings of poultry, galliforme or anseriforme birds are banned in England. This includes ducks, geese, swans, pheasants, partridge, quail, chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl.
Gatherings of other captive birds will continue to be permitted, providing you follow and meet all the requirements of the captive bird gathering general licence.
Find out what counts as a bird gathering.
Take action to prevent bird flu and stop it spreading. Be vigilant for signs of disease and report it to keep your birds safe.
8 February 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a second premises near Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2025/15).
A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises. All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled.
7 February 2025
Following official testing at the premises, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a third premises near Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2025/14). All affected poultry on the premises are being humanely culled.
A 3km protection Zone and a 10km surveillance Zone have been put in place surrounding the premises.
5 February 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2025/13). All poultry on the premises will be humanely culled. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises.
Following successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance, the 10km surveillance zone around both premises has been revoked in the zone:
- around a third premises near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2024/16)
- near Nafferton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire (AIV 2024/17)
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.
Avian influenza prevention zones how youre affected
Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) are increasing in both kept poultry and wild birds across multiple areas of Great Britain.
To prevent further spread of disease, we have extended theavian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ)which was in placeacross East Riding of Yorkshire, City of Kingston Upon Hull, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
Themeasures imposed in theAIPZ,which include mandatory enhanced biosecurity and housing for kept birds, now includes Shropshire, York and North Yorkshire.
The rest of England is now underan additionalAIPZmandating enhanced biosecuritybut will not enforce mandatory housing. Asimilar zone is in force in Scotland and Wales .
To find out which measures apply to you and your kept birds, check theinteractive mapand read theAIPZdeclaration schedule relevant to your area.
These measures will be in place until further notice. They will be kept under regular review as part of the governments work to monitor and manage the risks of avian influenza.
Thesemeasures apply to all bird keepers whether you have pet birds, commercial flocks or just a few birds in your garden and are essential to protect your birds from avian influenza.
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 | 29 |
| 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.
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