On 23 December Defra confirmed H5N8 bird flu in dead wild wigeons in Somerset and Leicestershire. The Scottish Government confirmed the disease in a wild peregrine falcon in Dumfries and Galloway.

On 22 December the Welsh Government confirmed a case of the H5N8 bird flu virus in a dead wild wigeon in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

On 16 December Defra confirmed a case of the H5N8 bird flu virus in turkeys on a poultry farm near Louth in Lincolnshire. All birds at the premises have died or have been humanely culled to limit the risk of disease spread.