An avian flu outbreak at Salford Quays has been confirmed by government officials. The redeveloped former docklands is where the River Irwell ends and Manchester Ship Canal begins and is a magnet for a wide range of birdlife, including, cormorants, mute swans, and peregrine falcons.
Now visitors are being urged to keep away from birds at the location. The disease is endemic in wild birds across the country and has been found in other parts of Greater Manchester in recent months.
Government advice for visitors to areas where waterfowl and wild birds gather is to keep to footpaths, keep dogs on leads, not to feed wild waterfowl and not to pick up or touch sick or dead birds or discarded bird feathers.
