Bird flu: near Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire (AIV 2022/152)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in a small flock of other captive birds on 23 October 2022.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 27 October 2022
• Last updated: 23 January 2023 — See all updates

• Disease Type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
• Disease control zone restrictions: No longer in force
• Disease control zone type: Captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone
• Virus strain: H5N1
• Case opened date: 23 October 2022
• Case closed date: 23 January 2023

23 January 2023: following completion of disease control activity and surveillance within the zone, the 3km captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone has been revoked.

All birds on the premises have been humanely culled.

Details can be found in the revocation of captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone near Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire centred on grid reference SU1358538761 (PDF).

This revokes:

The declaration of a captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone (PDF).

Check the updated bird flu disease control zone map.

Case number: AIV 2022/152

Published 27 October 2022
Last updated 23 January 2023 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2023

   Following completion of disease control activity and surveillance within the zone, the 3km captive bird (monitoring) controlled zone has been revoked.

2. 27 October 2022

   First published.