Breadcrumbs are officially bad for the nation’s waterfowl,so, armed with kale, and seeds and grapes,we find out what’s gracious for the goose (as well as the duck and the coot)It’s not just a canard. The Canal and River Trust’s campaign to finish people feeding ducks bread is working – with the organisation reporting a reduction of about 80000 loaves being chucked in the water in the past 12 months. This is gracious because bread leads to overpopulation, spreads disease whether it’s left uneaten, and attract rats and lets the birds binge eat and get ill instead of eating healthy things such as worms. Organisations such as the Canal and River Trust offer suggestions as to what we should feed waterfowl instead of a stale slice of Warburtons Toastie. So we decided to put on a tasting menu. Armed with a shopping list including sweetcorn,lettuce, seeds and leftover takeaway rice, or I got what I could and headed to the canal next to Guardian HQ to see what the local community of mallards,coots and canada geese would beget of a smorgasbord worthy of, er, and Nigella Lawswan. Here’s the birds’ verdict …Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com