Hints and tips:
...Below, in the canebreaks, waterfowl were calling to roost. There was no one about....
...Gravel quarries usually leave lakes in their wake but, with the proximity to Heathrow airport, encouraging waterfowl would have been inadvisable....
...In the UK, a July 12 outbreak which resulted in more than 170,000 birds being culled at a farm in Lancashire, led to egg prices increasing 13 per cent month on month, said Mintec a commodities research firm...
...“This can increase farm profits, improve the livelihoods of rural residents, enhance food security and draw migrants away from vulnerable wilderness areas.”...
...What: A nine-bedroom house with farm buildings, a flat, cottage and stables, in a 152-acre (62ha) private valley....
...The bonus is that the habitat that appeals to snipe is also loved by wild mallard and teal, providing thrilling waterfowl shooting....
...More probably, the virus originated in some of the migratory waterfowl that frequent the East Anglian coast in winter – and was carried in by a contaminated worker, feed or equipment....
...Peter and Juliet Kindersley of Sheepdrove Organic Farm are among them....
...Before the Qinghai outbreak, the H5N1 virus had occurred only sporadically in wild birds close to poultry farms....
...I want people to work on the organic farm. I’m introducing this concept of designer allotments so you can rent a space and don’t have to farm it fully....
...When I asked what this was I was told that their free range chicken (from a UK farm by the way) had bird flu....
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