Dead swans at Eryri lake spark probe after multiple bird fatalities!

 
Such heartbreaking news, these lovely majestic animals have to endure dog attacks, youths attacking their nests, a certain demographic eating them, poison, pollution and  now possible disease. Lakes and ponds will not be the same without them, and interestingly the Blackbird population has plummeted as well.

Swan deaths at a beauty spot lake are being investigated by animal health chiefs. Residents and visitors to Llanberis have reported seeing dead swans at Llyn Padarn, as well as dead geese.

These have been reported to the authorities in recent days as people speculate about what has caused the fatalities.

Avian flu is one concern with outbreaks being reported in Wales, England and Scotland.

Last week bird flu was confirmed in six wild birds in Northamptonshire.

Figures issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), showed four mute swans were found with the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, in Wellingborough. It was also detected in two Canada geese in the north of the county.

The news followed reports on social media that the bodies of more than a dozen swans had been seen on an Embankment in the town.

Welsh Government also set up a protection zone in Denbighshire after confirming avian influenza.

Back in Llanberis, others are worried yobs could have killed the birds or that pollution in the water may be the issue.