This is the second positive wild bird finding in Ireland this year.
Bird flu has been detected in a wild bird in the Republic of Ireland for the second time this year, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed. A common buzzard in County Tipperary has tested positive for avian influenza – subtype H5N6. The Department announced that the same subtype was found in a white-tailed eagle in the Premier county on 5 February. The buzzard was found dead outside Terryglass on land adjacent to Lough Derg.
The Department of Agriculture has said the situation in Ireland and other EU countries in regard to Avian influenza is being kept under constant review.
No additional control measures will be introduced at this point.




