- animals
- birds of victim
- racing pigeons
- professional collections
Report indications of illness
You should inspect your birds frequently for indications of illness. Contact your veterinarian right away if you have any issues.
If you presume bird influenza you should report it right away. If you do not report it, you’re breaking the law.
Check if you’re in a bird influenza illness control or avoidance zone
Check if you’re in a zone on the bird flu disease zone map.
If you’re in an illness control or avoidance zone you should follow the guidelines for that zone.
Flying racing pigeons, doves and other Columbiformes
In illness control zones, you:
- can fly racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes from their home loft for as much as one hour, as soon as a day as a single loft
- should attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- should not leave lofts open for birds to come and go
- should not fly birds together from more than one loft (bird events are not allowed an illness control zones)
In a bird influenza avoidance zone (AIPZ) where there are real estate procedures in location, you:
- can fly racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes for as much as one hour, as soon as a day from their home loft as a single loft
- should attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- should not leave lofts open for birds to come and go
- must prevent flying your birds in locations where there are great deals of poultry
- should clean and decontaminate any baskets, boxes and lorries you utilize to carry your birds with a Defra-authorized disinfectant
- might carry racing pigeons, doves or other Columbiformes from the very same loft to a point far from their home loft (a place that is not in an illness control zone) to launch them for training or an occasion – however they should fly back to their home loft or be collected and transferred back to their home loft as quickly as possible
If you follow the guidelines to avoid bird influenza and stop it spreading out, you can fly your birds as typical in:
- puts that are not in illness control zones
- an AIPZ without real estate procedures
- locations where no zones use
Check the Royal Pigeon Racing Pigeon Association Avian Influenza Code of Practice for Racing Pigeons if you keep racing pigeons.
Flying birds of victim or other captive bird types from hand
In illness control zones, you:
- can fly birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand (such as parrots), consisting of for bug control, from their home place for as much as one hour a day
- should not leave bird homes open for birds to come and go
- should attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
In an AIPZ where there are necessary real estate procedures in location, you:
- can fly birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand (such as parrots), consisting of for bug control, from their home place for as much as one hour a day
- should not leave bird homes open for birds to come and go
- should attempt to avoid your birds having any contact with wild birds
- might carry birds of victim or other types trained to fly from hand from the very same place to a point far from their home (a place that is not in an illness control zone) for workout, an occasion or bug control
- must prevent flying your birds in locations with great deals of poultry
- should clean and decontaminate the baskets, boxes and lorries you utilize to carry your birds utilizing a Defra-authorized disinfectant
If your bird captures a wild bird or goes missing out on for more than one minute, you should:
- separate it from other birds
- carefully monitor it for indications of bird influenza for 2 week prior to you let it fly for workout once again
If you follow the guidelines to avoid bird influenza and stop it spreading out, you can fly your birds as typical in:
- puts that are not in illness control zones
- an AIPZ without real estate procedures
- locations where no zones use
Bird events
Bird events are not allowed illness control zones.
Gatherings of racing pigeons, doves and other Columbiformes, birds of victim and other birds trained to fly from hand (not poultry) are allowed an AIPZ if:
- you inform APHA about the event a minimum of 7 days prior to the occasion
- the event is held inside your home
- you adhere to your bird events basic licence
- you adhere to any necessary real estate procedures in location
Races and other outside events are not allowed an AIPZ when there are real estate procedures in location.
Check more guidelines for bird events.
Feeding wild birds to birds of victim
Do not feed any wild birds or wild shot or hunted wildfowl to birds of victim:
This consists of wild birds that have actually been frozen. The bird influenza infection can endure in frozen carcasses for a minimum of 12 months.
