Avian flu update

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) remains a big threat to the UK’s birds. Targeted 2023 surveys assessing the impacts of HPAI on seabirds in 2021 and 2022 revealed worrying results, some of which are illustrated below – read more in the HPAI Seabird Surveys Report. And the virus continues to spread, having recently reached South Georgia and the Falklands. Find out how you can support the RSPB’s work to protect wildlife from disease.

Bird flu update as new survey data shows the impact on seabirds. Video: the RSPB