Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are ...

Can I feed ducks bread? While many people have fond childhood memories of feeding bread to ducks, it has little nutritional value. Ducks find carbohydrate-rich baked goods tasty, but feeding them ...

“When ducks fill up on bread, they may not eat the foods they naturally need, which can then lead to vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition.

During walks, feeding ducks is a common activity many will enjoy, but while bread is a common thing given, it can actually harm the birds. PUBLIC NOTICES Newsletters ...

During walks, feeding ducks is a common activity many will enjoy, but while bread is a common thing given, it can actually harm the birds. PUBLIC NOTICES Newsletters ...

During walks, as well as taking in the fresh air and seeing the sights, feeding ducks is a common activity many will enjoy. But experts have sent a warning ahead of spring not to feed them bread.

Instead, the council says we should feed cooked rice, or lettuce, oats, corn, grapes or earthworms to the ducks instead. It says ‘not to’ use bread, doughnuts, popcorn or crisps.