Nesting Swans have had their eggs smashed in a brutal act of vadalism.
Andrew Stevens, who lives nearby, said he noticed on Tuesday that the nest and all six eggs had been smashed.
He told the BBC: “It’s heartbreaking what’s happened to them. She was clearly in distress and trying to incubate the bricks.”
But swan rescue expert Ken Merriman said the birds were not injured and appeared healthy.
Mr Stevens said he cycles past the nest to and from work every day and the nest was targeted sometime during the day on Tuesday.
He said: “As I cycled away it brought tears when I noticed what had happened. It’s awful, absolutely awful.”
Richard Pogson, another local resident, said he had been following the pair building the nest over the past couple of months and last week noticed they had laid six eggs.
Whoever is responsible should be handed the heftiest fine ever. When I was a kid I did some pretty stupid things thinking they were “Cool”, but never did anything on the lines of this stupidity.
In the UK cruelty to animals does not receive the appropriate punishment that it should. When I watch shows in the USA where offenders like this are put in prison it makes me wonder why we do not have the same here.
