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Our reference: 60305968
Your reference: [FOI #1037531 email]

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Dear Mr Carroll,
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 12 October
2023 concerning:- 
 
'Dear Birmingham City Council,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to
which I am entitled under the freedom of information act and the
environmental information regulations.

Could you please confirm the species and numbers of birds forwarded for
post mortem from Brookvale Park Birmingham , West Midlands- approximate
nat grid reference SP091911 and supply me with the preliminary,
supplementary and final reports concerning recent bird deaths from the
APHA- ie all those from May 2023.

We have retrieved several birds from this site in the last three months,
and allegedly Birmingham City Council forwarded some of them to the APHA
for investigation. Most were found to be riddled with maggots, the site
having fluctuating water levels, and tree debris littering the lake.
Previous confirmed botulism episodes at this lake and clinical
observations of birds support the likely cause of botulism again- fuelled
by the continued conditions at this site.
It is noted that no birds in the BCC area appear to have tested positive
for avian flu according to the APHA publication list, up to week 40
(2nd-8th October 2023).

It is noted that none appear to have tested positive for avian flu
according to the APHA publication list , with only one bird, a peregrine
falcon in week 4 coming from Birmingham.
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Can you CONFIRM therefore that these birds at Brookvale park died from
avian botulism, and was this a "presumptive diagnosis" without carrying
out a test for this summer related illness?
I believe these may have been submitted to the Shrewsbury laboratory since
May. Any names appearing on the reports of officers may be redacted if you
wish, but not the cause of death, as there is a strong public interest to
establish the real cause of death of these birds, rather than false
information and narratives about "avian flu" ,which clearly these birds
DID NOT have. The public should not be misled'.
 
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Information Governance Team
City Operations Directorate
Birmingham City Council
 
 
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Information request
Our reference: 60305968
Your reference: [FOI #1037531 email]

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Dear Mr Carroll
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 12 October 2023.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
Information Governance Team
City Operations Directorate
Birmingham City Council
 
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