I found a dead Whooper swan 10 days ago whilst walking on the Craigs moss next to the Lochar water, 4 miles south of Dumfries. Didn't think to report it then, but on reading of other wild fowl being found locally, I phoned the Defra number, apart from taking over 30 minutes for my call to be answered, it felt like a waste of time. The woman said there was no record of bird flu in this area at the moment, I told her I'd read a bbc article on that very subject, she however didn't know anything about that and had to establish whether to do a report, since it was 10 dys ago and the swan has since been eaten by foxes/badgers, so therefore not available for testing. A lot of effort for a very disappointing result. Hope other reports are taken more seriously!
