By now it is clear that there is an increased mortality in wild birds due to high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), mainly within populations of black-headed gulls. Halfway through February the DWHC and partner organizations published an article about the signs of this trend ( Read more

Since October 2020 The DWHC and Sovon have collected more than 400 dead wild birds to be tested for avian influenza virus at WBVR in Lelystad, The Netherlands.  Most of the collected birds were individuals, because the NVWA deal with the reports of 3 or more dead waterbirds.

Every week, the NVWA* creates a new map with the locations of dead wild birds that tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) H5N8.

Update: October 31, 2020
The measures regarding avian influenza (bird flu) are adjusted. The full overview can be found Read more