QUIRKY WORLD ... Ducks turn over a new leaf as public urged to ditch bread

BRITAIN: Ducks have been ditching bread for a cleaner diet after the public was asked to ban the breadcrumbs.

Figures from the Canal & River Trust, which cares for 3,220km waterway in England and Wales, show a 20% fall in feeding ducks bread.

Although the number of people feeding ducks a healthier dinner of seeds, fruit and vegetables has doubled, people are still throwing 3.5 million loaves into canals, rivers, ponds and lakes every year.