Alan Gosling, 79, tested positive having lived with about 20 ducks inside his home in Devon
The first person in the UK to catch a new strain of bird flu has been named as 79-year-old Alan Gosling, a retired engineer who lived with around 20 ducks inside his home in Devon.
Gosling, who had around another 100 ducks living outside on his property in Buckfastleigh, noticed several ducks falling ill shortly before Christmas, Devon Live reports.
