Bird flu: premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 28 January 2025.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 28 January 2025
• Last updated: 3 March 2025 — See all updates

• Disease Type: Bird flu (avian influenza)
• Disease control zone restrictions: No longer in force
• Disease control zone type: None
• Virus strain: H5N1
• Case opened date: 28 January 2025
• Case closed date: 3 March 2025

Case information

3 March 2025

Following the successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

22 February 2025

Following the successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed it becomes a surveillance zone.

28 January 2025

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10).

A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been declared around the premises. All poultry on the premises have been humanely culled.

Declarations

Download the revocation of the surveillance zone (PDF)

This revokes and replaces: the declaration of the ending of a protection zone (PDF)

This revokes and replaces: the declaration of an avian influenza protection and surveillance zone (PDF)

Further information

Check:

• the updated bird flu disease control zone map
• if you need a licence to move poultry, poultry by-products, eggs, material or mammals

Case number: 2025/10

Published 28 January 2025

Last updated 3 March 2025 + show all updates

1. 3 March 2025

   Following the successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10), the 10km surveillance zone has been revoked.

2. 22 February 2025

   Following the successful completion of disease control activities and surveillance in the zone around premises near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire (AIV 2025/10), the 3km protection zone has ended and the area that formed it becomes a surveillance zone.

3. 28 January 2025

   First published.