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Germany reports second case of bird flu - H5N8 found in wild bird
Nov 22 (Reuters) - German authorities on Saturday confirmed a second case of the H5N8 strain of bird flu in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the virus found in a wild bird.
The strain is highly contagious among birds but has never been detected in humans.
"For the first time, the H5N8 virus has been confirmed in a wild bird in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern," Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt said in a statement.
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Krickente=Anas crecca=Eurasian teal
breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter
small dabbling duck
breeds across northern Eurasia
in UK greater numbers of Siberian birds arrive in winter.
In winter, there are high densities around the Mediterranean, including the entire
Iberian Peninsula and extending west to Mauretania; on Japan and Taiwan; as well
as in South Asia. Other important wintering locations include almost the entire length
of the Nile Valley, the Near East and Persian Gulf region, the mountain ranges of
northern Iran, and South Korea and continental East and Southeast Asia.
This dabbling duck is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season
it is a common inhabitant of sheltered freshwater wetlands with some tall vegetation,
such as taiga bogs or small lakes and ponds with extensive reedbeds. In winter,
it is often seen in brackish waters and even in sheltered inlets and lagoons along the seashore.[3]
The Eurasian teal usually feeds by dabbling, upending or grazing
in winter they are often crepuscular or even nocturnal feeders.[3]
Lampertheimer Zeitung - 27. Okt. 2014
Derzeit mausern sich mehrere Hundert Krickenten ihr Gefieder im Bereich der Flachwasserzone,
Wintergäste aus dem fernen Westsibirien