{"id":56682,"date":"2025-12-08T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:14:45","slug":"bird-flu-case-confirmed-amid-rising-bird-deaths-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/news\/bird-flu-case-confirmed-amid-rising-bird-deaths-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Flu Case Confirmed Amid Rising Bird Deaths in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56682\" class=\"elementor elementor-56682\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bda4ecc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"8807\" data-id=\"7bda4ecc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e75b48b\" data-eae-slider=\"17553\" data-id=\"1e75b48b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4976505f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4976505f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>By Olivia Griffin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A confirmed case of avian influenza (H5N1) in Cardiff has been followed by a rise in reports of dead <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">wild birds across the city, prompting renewed warnings from public health and wildlife authorities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardiff Council announced this week that a swan found in Cardiff Bay had tested positive for bird flu, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the first confirmed case in the city this winter. Additional dead birds recovered from Roath Park Lake <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and Hendre Lake have now been sent for laboratory testing as officials work to assess the scale of the<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Residents have also reported new deaths in recent days with one resident telling Gair Rhydd they had <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">seen five dead swans in a single day at Roath Lake, raising concerns that the virus may already be <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">more widespread than currently confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b58a04b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"50737\" data-id=\"b58a04b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d99c919\" data-eae-slider=\"56959\" data-id=\"d99c919\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae30d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dae30d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/The_Promenade_Roath_Park_Lake_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3566748.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-56685\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/The_Promenade_Roath_Park_Lake_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3566748.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/The_Promenade_Roath_Park_Lake_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3566748-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/The_Promenade_Roath_Park_Lake_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3566748-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd6030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd6030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The situation in Cardiff forms part of a wider pattern across Wales. In the past few days, WalesOnline <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reported that twelve swans were found dead at a lake in Swansea, with local authorities investigating <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">avian influenza as a possible cause. The incident has heightened fears that the virus may be spreading <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">rapidly through Welsh waterfowl populations during winter migration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two weeks ago, BBC News reported that wildlife agencies were already monitoring increased wild <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bird deaths across Wales, warning that more cases were likely as colder weather pushed birds into <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">closer contact at urban lakes and rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39e0c33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"12435\" data-id=\"39e0c33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c01f755\" data-eae-slider=\"67101\" data-id=\"c01f755\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cc10e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f9cc10e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=fzeUwLoiiw8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-700449f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"48708\" data-id=\"700449f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16aa205\" data-eae-slider=\"35368\" data-id=\"16aa205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128d9da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"128d9da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite the rise in cases, Cardiff Council says the risk to human health from H5N1 remains \u201cvery <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">low\u201d. There is currently no evidence that the strain detected in Cardiff spreads easily to humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, both the council and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) stress that public <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cooperation is essential to help reduce transmission between wild birds and prevent further outbreaks <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">across the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image (Top) Gareth Jones via Wikimedia\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Image (Bottom) Robin Drayton via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olivia Griffin A confirmed case of avian influenza (H5N1) in Cardiff has been followed by a rise in reports of dead wild birds across the city, prompting renewed warnings from public health and wildlife authorities. Cardiff Council announced this week that a swan found in Cardiff Bay had tested positive for bird flu, the first confirmed case in the city this winter. 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