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Avian Influenza England – Wild Species summary -30/12/20
Species
Year
Number positive
Black Swan
2020
10
Blackheaded gull
2017
1
Blackheaded gull
2018
2
Brent goose
2020
3
Buzzard
2017
4
Buzzard
2018
8
Buzzard
2020
4
Canada goose
2017
1
Canada goose
2020
16
Great white egret
2020
1
Grey heron
2020
1
Greylag goose
2017
2
Greylag goose
2020
6
Greylag goose ; wild pheasant
2018
4
Greylag goose, Canada goose
2020
2
Greylag goose, White fronted g
2016
4
Greylag goose, gulls (common;h
2018
19
Greylag goose; Canada goose
2020
2
Kestrel
2017
1
Kestrel
2020
1
Lesser black backed gull
2020
1
Lesser black backed gull (juve
2020
1
Little grebe
2020
1
Mallards, Moorhen
2018
9
Mute and unspecified swans
2020
5
Mute swan
2017
12
Mute swan
2018
12
Mute swan
2020
103
Mute swan, Canada goose
2020
38
Mute swan, Greylag goose
2020
3
Mute swan, herring gulls, uns
2020
26
Mute swan, pochard, Canada goo
2018
31
Northern goshawk
2018
1
Peregrine Falcon
2016
1
Peregrine Falcon
2020
1
Pink footed goose
2020
1
Pochard (2), mallard, black he
2016
5
Shelduck,wigeon, Brent goose,
2020
8
Sparrowhawk
2020
1
Teal
2017
1
Tufted duck
2017
1
Tufted duck
2018
2
Tufted duck, great crested gre
2018
13
Unsecified swan
2020
8
Unspecified goose
2020
1
Unspecified swan
2020
3
Whooper swan
2017
2
Whooper swan
2020
13
Whooper swan, mute swan
2020
2
Whooper swans
2020
5
Whooper swans, Greylag goose
2020
6
Wigeon
2016
8
Wigeon
2017
2
Note that swans have been consistently susceptible sentinel birds for the presence of AI. There were no isolations of AI in the records available for 2019.
