{"id":7316,"date":"2026-02-18T21:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:42:05","slug":"race-to-contain-suspected-bird-flu-outbreak-among-thames-valley-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/18\/race-to-contain-suspected-bird-flu-outbreak-among-thames-valley-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to contain suspected bird flu outbreak among Thames Valley swans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wildlife volunteers and health officials in the Thames Valley are working to contain a suspected H5N1 bird flu outbreak that has killed dozens of swans. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) has recorded over 320 cases in swans since October, with numbers spiking in early 2026. Observers say the official figures may underestimate the scale of the outbreak, and some swans have shown signs consistent with the disease, though lab confirmation is still awaited. Authorities are advising people not to touch sick or dead birds and to report sightings to help manage the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 2, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/feb\/02\/race-contain-suspected-bird-flu-outbreak-swans\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife volunteers and health officials in the Thames Valley are working to contain a suspected H5N1 bird flu outbreak that has killed dozens of swans. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) has recorded over 320 cases in swans since October, with numbers spiking in early 2026. Observers say the official figures may underestimate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":7319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-pandemics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7463,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions\/7463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}