The charity has applied for planning permission for the addition to its centre at East Winch, near King's Lynn.

Centre manager Evangelos Achilleos said: "The new bio-secure aviary will be a quarantine facility for any bird which arrives at East Winch.

"Its purpose will be to ensure newly admitted birds are quarantined, and not carrying any avian diseases, including bird flu, which is sadly untreatable.

The RSPCA's East Winch Wildlife Centre(Image: Matthew Usher)

“A quarantine aviary, along with robust bio-security measures, will hugely reduce the chances of avian flu........

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