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A warning has been issued after a confirmed case of bird flu was found in a wild herring gull. Devizes Town Council has urged ...
The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.
Breeding birds can be seen at this time of year on both inland freshwater and coastal waters. Look out for Black-headed Gulls ...
A herring gull in Torquay has tested positive for H5N1 avian flu, Torbay Council has confirmed. The discovery comes a month after a case of avian flu was confirmed at a commercial poultry business ...
Millions of birds pass through our yards during their bi-annual migrations, but they face an invisible killer along the way: glass windows. In the US ...
You’ve barely unwrapped your seaside chips when — whoosh — a blur of wings, a sharp beak, and a war cry like a kettle boiling ...
This is the common and familiar “sea­gull ... second-winter Herring can also suggest a first-winter ring-billed, but is much larger (not always easy to judge on lone birds) with stouter ...
A Devizes Town Council spokesperson said: “Wiltshire Council has been notified by APHA of a confirmed case of H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu) in a dead wild herring gull in Devizes. “This was detected ...
A warning has been issued after a confirmed case of bird flu was found in a wild herring gull. Devizes Town Council has urged dog owners to take care after the bird was found dead in the town with ...
A seagull has tested positive for bird flu in Cornwall. Cornwall Council said it received the confirmation of the case after a wild herring gull was collected in Newquay. It said the gull was ...