{"id":707812,"date":"2026-07-23T22:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707812\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:26:11","slug":"warning-after-plans-to-remove-swans-from-hammonds-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707812\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning after plans to remove swans from Hammonds Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Officers said interfering with swans in the wild without a lawful reason is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and could lead to prosecution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The force reassured residents that local officers regularly patrol the area, but urged the public to remain vigilant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anyone who witnesses activity they believe may place wildlife at risk is asked to contact police on 101.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Police also reminded residents that injured or distressed wildlife should be reported to the RSPCA by calling 0300 123 8960.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers said interfering with swans in the wild without a lawful reason is an offence under the Wildlife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-707812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}