Woman's weird behaviour at duck pond?

Am I the only one who when someone pulls this passive aggressive shit finds it makes me want to continue whatever behaviour is being crapped on about? If possible makes me want to behave even worse?

Seriously if you really want to change people's behaviour grow up and talk to them directly. This approach will do nothing for me except make me think you're a bit of a twat.

RSPB say bread in moderation is fine.

Yeah, I'm with random woman, hopefully the family took the hint!

If bread swelled in ducks stomachs and killed them, there'd be dead ducks all over the country, we'd have wiped out the duck population by now and clearly, that hasn't happened and this is a myth.

There is no doubt that cheap white bread or even artisan wholemeal seeded whatever is not an ideal diet for birds... but spreading total myth and fantasy is really not helpful.

It is incredibly harmful. I have kept ducks for a number of years and no duck keeper would ever entertain giving their ducks bread .Either layers pellets or mash will grit .

I keep ducks and would never ever give them bread .It swells in their stomach and will kill them. Mine have layers mash with grit mixed in .I haven't read all the thread but I am team random woman. Infact I would have gone to the family and told them the harm bread can do .In a nice way of course .

This level of passive aggression is annoying as hell. Saying that she’s not wrong about bread being harmful, I used to take my daughter when she was little but now we are more informed of the dangers. Why on earth would anyone encourage their little ones to harm wildlife, that’s not an act of kindness.

Why not give them proper food?

I watched something about ducks and bread, it said that while bread is not great, many people stopped feeding altogether after bread being bad became widely known resulting in a lot of animals starving.

A duck developed gout from eating bread and another, at a different pond, lost the ability to fly. Knock off the bread and spread the word.

Totally agree and so passive aggressive with the majority of her responses too (those I’ve seen anyway).

Think she just wanted everyone to agree that the random woman was rude and obnoxious.

The irony being that what OP has done is very much similar to what she initially complained about in her thread 🙄

When OP tries to be clever but fails miserably. Wrong but can't admit it. Quoting one post when the majority and those qualified tell you otherwise shows lack of intelligence.
She's waved and signed off as she didn't like people not agreeing with her. 👋 OP.

You should have joined her! The family should be mindful of the hazard they posed to the ducks and everything else.

Well the only rat on my river is the water rat (vole) The biggest issue is sewage waste. That is a problem for a natural habitat. Not a few pieces of bread.

Don’t worry about sounding stupid. You did the second you announced you were an ecologist and threw the rat population under the bus!

I’m team family too OP! Can’t believe the replies! There’s always people feeding ducks at our local park and it attracts other birds too. All the kids love it and there’s no signs that say not to do it.

One is covered under Section 9 of Schedule 5 of the Countryside and Wildlife Act for good reason the other is not.

One predates the other, one is endangered the other is certainly not.

You obviously think your being clever, so I`ll leave it here. As arguing with stupid tends to make you so 😊

I doubt rats are part of a food chain. More a web. Natural or not natural. They have just as much right.

Do you consider a water Vole akin to a rat?

Are asking me if rats are part of an natural eco system where by they fit neatly into a food chain and their reproduction levels are maintained in a stable manner or are you actually asking me if rats attracted by anthropogenic activities are unnaturally supported with an anthropogenic biome, which is not good for wildfowl?

I’ve heard peas defrosted are enjoyed by ducks, and preferable to bread. Perhaps peas should be the way forward.

Are rats not part of an eco system??

Vermin have just as much right to be fed as swans! The bread thing was posted on social media and people went mad.

However, I have no issue with passive aggressive people. It’s the best aggression!

Let me just explain something to you OP as an ecologist yes one of those people who are qualified to know what they are talking about unlike yourself.

Feeding ducks bread is bad, full stop.

Numerous reasons, Let me educate you on to why you are 100% incorrect.
1st feeding ducks bread (old or moldy bread) can cause aspergillosis a fatal lung infection.
2nd feeding ducks and ducklings bread affects their learned behaviour especially that of fear of humans and foraging techniques that later kill them.
3rd excess bread from people like yourself feeding them results in duck malnutrition affecting development and growth. Particularly with ducklings as they go for the easiest option (least resistance and energy loss) just eating bread.
4th feeding like this causes over crowding of breeding areas , leading to over aggression with territorial disputes of wild fowl.
5th Feeding bread to ducks attracts rats that bring disease in their urine "leptospirosis" that affects adults and children. Rats also attracted by bread and human waste foods results in the destruction of other wildlife from predation of rats including the destruction of endangered water voles they prey upon.
6th Bread sinks to the bottom of ponds causing eutrophication, where the rapid spread of toxic algae removes vital oxygen from the water body killing wildlife and aquatic life, it can also lead to toxic algae blooms that harm people and pets.

I could go on all night but just to say, I did read the fucking thread and your wrong very wrong.

There are circumstances where feeding of waterfowl or indeed any birds, could be illegal. Within 13km of many airports and airfields, restrictions are in place to control the numbers of certain species so that the risk of a birdstrike is not increased. If there are signs saying not to feed birds, it is very wise to pay heed, because to feed birds would be a breach of the Air Navigation Order and a criminal offence with a hefty fine. Birdstrikes are a very real threat to air safety.