Alastair Ward receives funding from the BBSRC and Defra. But the disease doesn’t only threaten poultry and egg production – it also threatens wild bird populations in a way that it never has before.

Large parts of the UK have been declared Avian Influenza Prevention Zones (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and Wales in response to rising cases of bird flu.

Avian H5N1 took a big leap about four years ago. Previously the virus, first detected in the mid-1990s, would tear through domesticated poultry, killing off flocks in days. It occasionally jumped to ...

Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green and blue, ...

Love them or hate them, there's no denying their growing numbers have added an explosion of color to the city's streets. Park visitors offer food to ring-necked parakeets in Kensington Park, London.

12:31, Sun, Nov 9, 2025 Updated: 19:51, Mon, Nov 10, 2025 Wild parakeets have been living in the UK since the 19th century, but only since the 1990s have the green birds been spotted in London and the ...

Photographer Kevin Whiston speaks to Birmingham World about the rise of ring-necked parakeets in Shard End Park, Birmingham. It’s not the place you'd expect to spot tropical birds, but Shard End Park ...

Finding birds all over your car isn’t most people’s idea of fun. After all, with birds comes bird poop, and who wants that all over their vehicle? But maybe it depends on the type of bird that visits ...