{"id":695733,"date":"2026-01-14T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695733\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:27:10","slug":"bird-flu-found-in-swans-and-geese-at-redditch-beauty-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695733\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird flu found in swans and geese at Redditch beauty spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Avian flu has been confirmed after a number of ill swans and geese were found at a Worcestershire country park and beauty spot.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The birds were discovered unwell or dead at Arrow Valley Lake in Redditch, the borough council has said, with the virus so far detected in one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It warned residents to stay vigilant and stick to paths, keep dogs on leads and avoid touching any sick or dead wild birds, adding it was monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 900-acre site is a popular spot for recreation, with fishing, water activities and waymarked trails as well as a visitor centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avian flu has been confirmed after a number of ill swans and geese were found at a Worcestershire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-695733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115894396085414636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}