Almost 1.8 million farmed and captive birds have been culled in the past three months because of the spread of avian flu across the UK, the BBC has learned. There have been 33 outbreaks of the virus on farms so far,

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to infection and germs.

"I call this virus a terrorist," says one egg farmer after millions of chickens have died in recent weeks “The mental toll on our team of dealing with that many dead chickens is just, I mean, you can’t imagine it,