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Bird 'flu update: is it safe to feed garden birds?

Bird 'flu update: is it safe to feed garden birds?

Update: 2025-11-24

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The advice on bird feeding from BirdWatch Ireland is that it is still perfectly safe to feed birds in your garden, noting that, unlike birds packed together in seabird colonies or wetlands, the species of bird that typically visit gardens are very unlikely to come into contact with the H5N1 virus. Niall Hatch explains why...

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Bird 'flu update: is it safe to feed garden birds?

Bird 'flu update: is it safe to feed garden birds?

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