COMMUNITY members are coming together to raise funds after a tragic incident left a family of geese dead.

The fundraiser is aiming to raise £750 to 'help raise money for increased signage and security of the wildfowl on Ormsgill Reservoir'. In less than a day, the fundraiser had reached £247 towards the cause.

It came after a number of geese were run over on Wednesday night as they crossed Wilkie Road, near Barrow AFC's ground, with several dying as a result.

The fundraiser's creator, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "It's about the fourth year this has happened, and I was unfortunate enough to witness the one about four years ago. If you see it, it is absolutely horrific. You've got babies who are either squished and the adults sat by them, or adults looking for babies. It will never leave you."

Businesses in the area have been approached with the hopes that signs can be placed on their grounds.

The organiser said: "We are never going to stop the idiots, and we cant keep the geese in because they are wild but we can try and reduce the risk as a community because year on year this has happened and that is what prompted me."

Speaking about the horrific incident, Ormsgill councillor Bill McEwan said: "It's absolutely disgraceful. They cross there all the time. Decent drivers stop and let them cross.

"This numpty who has wiped them out, what a disgrace. A disgrace to man kind."

Praising the community project to raise awareness of the birds, he said: "It's fantastic to get some work done. It would be great and a big thank you to the person who has got this set up and going, I would like to be a part of it and put something in to the fund.

"It is a great idea."

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