An injured buzzard which was rescued from Derry’s Brooke Park thanks to the speedy intervention of local wildlife lovers on St Stephen’s Day has been released from the same spot.

Northern Ireland's chief vet has issued a bird flu ... Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in the death of a buzzard in Co Galway. Now bird keepers on both sides of the border ...

In December 2024, the highly contagious virus was detected in a dead wild buzzard found in County Galway. It was the first confirmed discovery on the island of Ireland since September 2023.