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Countryfile - Feeding Potatoes To Swans

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Have just watched Countryfile from yesterday and was surprised to see the RSPB nature reserve at Martin Mere feeding raw potatoes to the swans (and therefore all the other birds). I'd always assumed that raw potatoes were poisonous, but I guess they know what they are doing!

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We have an area full of swans and birds like the one in Country File, and there are always piles of potatoes there. Was also surprised when I figured out what they actually were and why a big truck came and dumped them, then saw some black swans eating them!! :lol:

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I have seen potatoes being fed to the bewick swans at the WWT reserve at Slimbridge. They seem to enjoy them and there are people there monitoring them all the time so I presume they must be ok for them. Some have been recorded returning there every winter for 20 plus years so they seem to be doing well on their diet.

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