[kent marshman]

hi everyone, 6 yrs ago nearly 200 swans died after flying into powerlines near to wear i live i helped to carry the died swans off the fields because they were acting like decoys causing more swans to fly into the line, about 2 miles west is a national nature reserve which i drove past every day on may way to work, the reserve was exstended a number of years ago and lagoons were dug out for waterfowl not far from a powerline, theres allways been a problem with swan strikes on this section of line but after the reserve was exstended the number of strikes increased, so i desided to try and do something about it, for four years i contacted all the relivent bodies concerned the only help i got was from the company who owned the line, they place more diverters on the line with limited results, when i spoke to the warden 2 yrs ago i was shocked when he told me 38 swans had died that year so i told everyone concerned that if nothing was done i would have to go to the press, i was told off the record that the line would be place underground so i took their word and ive left it in their hands, 2 yrs on swans are still being killed, ive gone to the press but i havnt had much interest, ive been told the line will be place underground soon, i think people should be awear of what little the people who should have been sorting this out have done, not sure if i can name these bodies on here.