Tag: Birds

Ducks on the run in city centre

Deadline News Journalist - June 8, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A FAMILY of ducks caused chaos in the centre of a Scots city as they tried to cross a busy main road. The...

Record number of penguin chick birds at Edinburgh Zoo

Deadline News Journalist - May 15, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond PENGUINS at Edinburgh Zoo have p-p-p-picked up some new arrivals – 30 newly-hatched chicks from a record-setting clutch of 112 eggs. It is...

Can I have the bill?

Deadline News Journalist - May 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A RESTAURANT in Edinburgh has a tempting new dish on its premises – duck nestling on a bed of rosemary. But this bird...

Train crash covers twenty swans in oil

Deadline News Journalist - January 29, 2009

By Michael MacLeod TWENTY swans were among dozens of seabirds covered in oil after Tuesday's freight train derailment. The helpless birds bore the brunt of 1,000...

Pigeon flies into chocolate fountain

Deadline News Journalist - January 27, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A SCOTTISH SPCA worker thought colleagues were winding her up when she got a call to pick up a chocolate covered pigeon...

Guinness toucan snapped up at auction

Deadline News Journalist - January 27, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A RARE Guinness toucan statue which attracted interest from all over Britain has sold at auction for over £200. Collectors were keen to...

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