http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Swan killed in Holyrood Park by... en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:22:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=445#post-3388 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:46:53 +0000 Kim 3388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has someone sent it to the Queen? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=445#post-3339 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:20:46 +0000 LaidBack 3339@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha ha. </p> <p>How can we make the Swans safer? Going to start a thread! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=445#post-3335 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:52:03 +0000 Min 3335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was the swan wearing a helmet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=445#post-3334 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:28:15 +0000 Smudge 3334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm, if a driver can't miss something the size of a swan, what chance children? :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=445#post-3330 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:39 +0000 LaidBack 3330@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>...the irresponsible use of bread. This caused the bird to be on the road where anything is automatically run over as a matter of course.</em></p> <p>Well I know I shouldn't have expected sense from the EN. Comment section claims - <em>"the park authorities say the very people who most admire them may be to blame, especially if they feed them away from the loch and too near the road."</em></p> <p><ul><strong>'Drivers told to slow down after swan killed by car'</strong> - 'swans and other birds are congregating on the grass, in the car park and on the road due to the cold weather and the loch being frozen. This poses extra danger fro them due to the number of cars passing through the park.'</ul></p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/scotland/Drivers-told-to-slow-down.6114852.jp"><em>Evening News</em> story</a></p> <p>For more on Holyrood Park read:</p> <p><a href="http://www.citycycling.co.uk/issue52/holyrood1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.citycycling.co.uk/issue52/holyrood1.html</a> </p>