Duck eggs destroyed after Mallards 'posed danger to cyclists'

When the Government’s nature watchdog ordered the destruction of hundreds of duck eggs said to be posing ‘a danger to cyclists’ they might have thought they would win the gratitude of Lycra clad two wheelers. After all, Natural England issued the licence for the destruction of 4,500 Mallard eggs in three years at a site in Bedfordshire after one applicant cited “a safety concern”, claiming there was “a high number of people cycling and the ducks often walk out