UK's worst ever avian flu outbreak threatens wild birds
(28 Nov 2022) UK BIRD FLU SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 07:56 ASSOCIATED PRESS London, UK - 24 November 2022 1. Various of birds 2. Set up shot of Peter Salter, conservation officer, London Wildlife Trust 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Salter, conservation officer, London Wildlife Trust: "Previously, avian flu has been an issue for poultry farming, captive birds. However, I think it should be acknowledged now that it's also a major threat to our wildlife bird populations." 4. Various of Salter working at his desk, updating database of sick and dead birds UPSOUND (English) Peter Salter, conservation officer, London Wildlife Trust: "This is the national reporting form for sick and dead birds." 5. Mid of computer screen with spreadsheet of sick and dead birds 6. Moving of Salter explaining how he updates the spreadsheets UPSOUND (English) Peter Salter, conservation officer, London Wildlife Trust: "It consists of a series of columns that you input your data into from species of bird, location, the number of birds that appear to be sick or the number of birds that have sadly died, is there a breeding colony, did you find the bird washed up onto land up by sea?" 7. Various of spreadsheet 8. Various of Salter walking with spotting scope 9. Various of Salter setting up spotting scope 10. Various of birds 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Salter, conservation officer, London Wildlife Trust: "General things to look out for is a bird will be very lethargic, it will struggle to lift its head, weeping eyes and nasal cavities. So it would be quite obvious that it's a quite sick bird, it's unable to swim, fly. Seen quite widely this year on social media is the sort of neuro (logical) impact it could have on some seabirds where they perform very unusual behaviours, twitching, sort of like twisting of the neck." 12. Close of London Wildlife Trust logo on Salter's jumper 13. Various of spotting scope 14. Pull focus from feathers washed up on bank of reservoir to water 15. Wide of reservoir, birds swimming 16. Various of sign reading (English): "Don't risk spreading bird flu!", logo of the Animal and Plant Health Agency at the bottom ASSOCIATED PRESS Location not supplied - 3 November 2022 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Brown, head of virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency: ++VIDEO CALL++ "We've got a virus that entered Europe from Asia last autumn. Also, that virus is the same strain that has spread to the Americas and then into West Africa. So we have a heavy infection presence across the whole of the Northern Hemisphere. This particular strain, H5N1, seems to be particularly fit and able to spread amongst different populations of wild birds. And because it's able to do that, it has been maintained at levels through the spring, summer and autumn, at levels far higher than it's done historically." ASSOCIATED PRESS London, UK - 24 November 2022 18. Various of birds ASSOCIATED PRESS Unknown location - 3 November 2022 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Brown, head of virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency: ++VIDEO CALL++ "It's at its best environment when it's spreading from one bird to another. So whilst we have to be vigilant, and people that have direct contact with infected birds should take precautions to prevent exposure to infection, this is not an infection at this juncture that would cause any wider concern to the wider public." ASSOCIATED PRESS London, UK - 24 November 2022 20. Various of birds 21. Pan left of Salter walking with spotting scope 22. Various of Salter using spotting scope 23. Various of birds 25. Pan right of wetlands LEADIN: ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
