As far as St Helena is concerned, the risk is primarily to our poultry flocks and other resident birds of note such as seabirds and the endemic wirebird, although the latter two categories should in theory be little affected.

Source: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/press-releases/prohibition-on-imports-of-poultry-and-poultry-products-from-south-africa-due-to-avian-influenza-outbreak/

However, producers have kept their biosecurity tight for several years, and there is little more that the steps they have already taken to try to keep the virus out of their flocks.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/10/10/deadly-bird-flu-reappears-in-us-commercial-poultry-flocks-in-utah-and-south-dakota/

I did not see large flocks of ducks because they came in later after I had left.

Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/03/the-corn-fields-at-deer-parks-wildlife-area-are-a-major-attraction-for-trumpeter-swans/

Industry officials say egg supplies have bounced back as the spread of avian influenza has slowed and flocks of laying hens have been rebuilt.

Source: https://createsend.com/t/d-CD44747B3A767D5C2540EF23F30FEDED

It is sure to draw flocks of crowds as Branson's company launches two shoebox-sized satellites on behalf of the UK government on a rocket called LauncherOne.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11599509/First-orbital-mission-UK-soil-place-week.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Jess and Marcus Gray use two Border Collies, named Trip and Dot, to herd their flocks as well as having a Great Pyrenees named Myra live with the flock in order to protect the sheep.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/08/09/these-sheep-provide-environmentally-friendly-landscaping-at-solar-farms/

Later, the flocks of birds, blood-red globules and spiky strawberries.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/arts/music/wagner-parsifal-bayreuth-review.html

Not many people know that gators gather in flocks when it's time to migrate.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12749048?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Products from any HPAI-affected flocks are prohibited from entering the food system.

Source: https://www.peoplesdefender.com/2023/12/16/poultry-biosecurity-and-the-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai/

Reduced costs of transforming fleece into coats redistributed the returns from estates rented to small crop growers to hiring a few shepherds to tend vast flocks.

Source: https://www.twincities.com/2023/11/05/real-world-economics-will-our-creative-intellect-work-to-destroy-us/

Selkirk-based Texel breeders Gordon and David Gray, of the Ettrick and Tima flocks, received for a gimmer by Claybury Dunkirk, scanned with twins to Sadlerhead Frank the Tank.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/farming/5247235/scottish-success-at-j36-pedigree-sheep-sales/

“The feeding of songbirds on the residential property (cannot) attract insects, rodents, gulls, crows, birds of prey, or flocks of pigeons,” the law states.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/06/03/city-of-st-johns-charges-70-year-old-woman-for-feeding-pigeons-in-her-backyard.html

The flocks of partridge that ran across the snow from the roadsides headed for frosty grass.

Source: https://calgarysun.com/news/provincial/on-the-road-with-mike-drew-magical-crystals-everywhere-you-look

The guidance asks poultry owners to increase safety precautions and biosecurity practices, monitor their flocks for illness, and report any sick or dead birds to the State Veterinarian’s Office.

Source: https://www.journal-advocate.com/2023/03/01/state-vet-updates-poultry-guidance-as-avian-flu-threat-continues/

There’s a shortage of baby chicks because of high demand to replace slaughtered flocks.

Source: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/avian-flu-wreaks-more-havoc-in-colorado-egg-layers-and-wild-birds/

The reserve acts as an important stopover for large flocks of herons during migration, BirdLife said.

Source: https://gozo.news/104138/do-not-destroy-simar-nature-reserve-birdlife-vows-to-fight-on/

The rest of us began frenzied monitoring of the news while contacting our own flocks and families to mobilize prayer.”

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/03/29/nashville-shooting-timeline-what-we-know-so-far/

These lambs were from the prize-winning flocks of Valais Blacknose Sheep Northumberland and Valais Blacknose Sheep Cheshire.

Source: https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/country-and-farming/northumberland-girl-wins-young-handler-class-at-valais-blacknose-sheep-show-4265937

They traveled in large flocks of about 300 and were quite abundant all over America, inhabiting a significant portion of the eastern United States.

Source: https://www.chipchick.com/2023/09/the-carolina-parakeet-was-the-only-parrot-native-to-america-but-they-were-officially-declared-extinct-in-1939-and-scientists-are-still-puzzled-over-why-they-disappeared.html

“While lambing percentages tend to be lower for hill flocks the ewes tend to be lighter, which partially compensates the calculation.”

Source: https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23671954.online-tool-can-provide-sheep-farmers-useful-data/?ref=rss