General Discussion
See the libtard snowflakes at Teignbridge have just handed out £100,000 of tax payers money to finance yet another waste of time cycle path. Funny how they can do this when they cannot keep the public toilets open, mow the grass verges or provide surficient dog waste and ordinary bins to meet the holiday demand. The cycle path network was suposed to be fiananced by grant money provided by Sustrans ...
But occasionally, when the swans haven't nested successfully (or some b***'s dog has killed the cygnets) then they do buy in Black Swans, possibly from Slimbridge.
If i remember correctly the Ducks and Swans are sold the proceeds offsetting the cost of Wardens and feed costs.
The Town Council are responsible for the waterfowl. I do remember hearing that the birds in the aviary were there for display and woudn't be released onto the stream. The birds on the stream are wildfowl and not technically under the remit of the Council (except the swans) None of it makes sense!
I have also noticed two gates which are now open either end of the path by the fountain. Those gates can only be closed via a traffic order. It is a public right of way
@DEEDOODLE I'll leave that to you, I do not know the people who run the wildfowl setup
Might be worth asking the people who run the wildfowl setup?
I have noticed that there are many ducks of different kinds being bred in the avairy, yet i do not see many of those ducks in the actual avairy or put out on the stream, where are they going? We used to have at least 14 swans now we are down to six. I have seen no Mandarins for ages and they are quite atractive little birds. Is the fowl being manage as it should be for the benefit of all?
c SShame the pic looks pretty poor quality over the original 15.43 mbytes down to around 270k, shame.
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