Posted By PETER GANNAWAY Although we don't want to spread panic, as Safety professionals we need to employ the concept of reasonable forseeability. I have not as yet seen any guidance from Govt to employers on staff finding dead birds on their estate. In the past the Risk Assessment for clearing up would link to the usual precautions of employing adequate controls such as use of RPE/PPE and appropriate disposal. The question is do these where the threat is perhaps more percieved than real and can be a stressor for anyone coming across a dead bird. Should we be informing the authorities if so who and when? I suspect contacting auth everytime a dead bird is found is not desirable. But we are only to pick the infection up early if non-professionals report something. To say the bods at Slimbridge are looking out hardly seems an adequate response.

Posted By Salus Peter, you could leave the offending article to the carrion eaters. After all if you pick it up (catch something nasty) and send it a way, positive results for bird flue, you have your own chicken / turkey farm what do you think DEFRA guidelines would ask you to do? I would not go to DEFRA they seem to want to make life very difficult for anyone who has a problem concerning our countryside. Following any EA advice will always cost you a fortune and the goverment have their own agenda that does not concern you.If you see a dead badger on the road you will think it has been killed by a car, it could have been dumped there by someone who has been badger baiting.