Overview

• Nigel Farage told LBC that migrants were eating swans in Royal Parks and taking carp from ponds to eat.
• The Royal Parks charity says it has received no reports of swans being killed or eaten in any of its eight London parks.
• Full Fact reports that widely shared images and videos are unverified and that a key clip is from a 2010 BBC Animal Squad episode where no prosecution followed.
• Cheshire Police dismissed a Winsford Marina allegation as baseless, while Hampshire Police filed a Portsmouth koi carp claim pending further information.
• Coverage notes isolated past reports of wildfowl or carp taken for food but finds no verified evidence of a current, widespread pattern or of the specific Royal Parks claim.