According to a ProMED mail posting on August 13^th, a provisional diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been made on a multi-species farm near Saint-Malo in the Province of Britanny.  According to the report, there were over 500 chickens, waterfowl and guinea fowl on the farm operated by a bird trader.  This, obviously, has implications for spread to other farms. 

Concurrently, the avian influenza virus was been isolated from marine birds along the coast of Brittany predicating outbreaks as in previous years with August as the beginning of annual outbreaks.