Fisherman replied on 18/10/2022 12:56
Posted on 18/10/2022 12:56
Musing whilst out rambling today on a beautiful day. Has avian flu been much more widespread and longer in the wild bird population than previously thought. The theory is it comes from the continent with the influx of winter migrants.It is now only headlines because it affects commercial poultry.These however are mainly housed in doors in bio secure units. The explosion in Nature reserves have condensed the migrants with the pathogen transmitting it to the native birds attracted to these areas often by artificial feeding.Likewise the trend to garden feeders has had the same effect. So perhaps the much lauded, especially by so called pundits,destruction of habitat is not the prime cause but our mistaken interference in such an area. Just a thought.
Fisherman
from Gwynedd