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I'm just walking in Rother Valley country park in Killamarsh, Derbyshire and have come across a beheaded swan which has a tag. I'm not sure if it's by a predator or by a human and wouldn't know how to tell. I've taken photos of the body, the 'wound' and both sides of the tag. What should I do with this information? Police? I have no idea.


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Managed to get through to Derbyshire police and reported it. They're sending a wildlife officer out so that's all I can do. Thanks for the reply though.
 
Do you know what sort of swan it is?
 
gramps said:
Do you know what sort of swan it is?
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There are always lots of resident mutes and no other types I've ever seen there so I'm assuming mute. It had a BTO tag (silver metal tag number: ZZ6811 if that's any use) on right leg and a yellow tag with black numbers 990 on the other leg.
 
@htid Did you ever hear anything about the incident, Chris?
 
OldCarlos said:
@htid Did you ever hear anything about the incident, Chris?
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No I didn't. the police said they may need to call me back to get precise directions but I never heard anything more. I posted the information on the BTO link you gave and provided all my details so I'm not sure if I should expect to hear anything else.
 
Doesn't sound like you'll hear back, but at least someone's been informed.
I wondered if there was anything in the local news about it, after all not something you'd expect to see is it.
 
Unfortunately I live in London, I was only up visiting my parents so I don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere. I'll have a quick Google search
 
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