Two swans have been shot in a "barbarous" attack which killed a female as she lay on a nest of eggs. Hilary was found dead and the male Stocky injured nearby on the Chesterfield Canal in Worksop ...

Dawlish Town Council said the male swan had been sitting on eggs when the incident took place in Tuck's Plot. Waterfowl wardens said they were able to place six of the seven eggs from the nest in ...