Public warned not to touch dead or injured wild birds
The public should not pick up or touch any dead or injured wild birds. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEARA) says Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is currently circulating in wild birds, especially breeding seabirds around the UK’s coasts, causing significant mortality in some species. To date, there has been only one confirmed HPAI seabird death in Northern Ireland. However, dead seabirds have been removed from…