When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same

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When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same

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Australia is expected to suffer large mortalities in its wild bird populations due to the spread of the H5N1 bird flu strain, based on modeling from global outbreaks. This follows significant seabird deaths in Europe during 2022 caused by the virus.

Australia’s bird population will experience ‘large mortalities’ and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks shows Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sandwich terns are a graceful seabird known for their committed, forceful and spectacular plunging dives into the ocean to catch fish. Thousands of the species started to fall sick across Europe in 2022 with tens of thousands dying as a lineage of the H5N1 bird flu – 2.3.4.4b – spread through the continent’s wild flocks. Continue reading...

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