First it was
just a single Great Tit with an ugly brown growth on its head, then there was
another with a growth on its leg and another.
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| Great Tit with Avian Pox Birds are normally photographed for their beauty |
Avian Pox is a disease spreading
northwards and the hope is that the birds will develop an immunity to it; it
does not seem to harm them. It is also present in Dunnocks but harder to detect
against their brown plumage as they scuttle around beneath bird feeders.
If you see
birds with such growths it would be good if you could report the fact on the
new website promoting Garden Wildlife Health
It would be wise to give
your bird feeding station a thorough clean to reduce the likelihood of the
disease being passed on.
In February 2013 I think
there were three infected birds regularly visiting my feeders but this year I
have seen none. Did they recover?
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