A video showing ‘rescue’ geese swimming in oil reportedly from an ‘abandoned boat’ moored in Ancoats has prompted dismay from residents.
The video, posted in a Facebook group for the area by Luke Phizacklea yesterday evening (May 25), shows two birds paddling in a stretch of the Rochdale Canal. The water is discoloured, owing to an apparent oil spill.
“Has there been an oil spill from a boat or something? Absolutely thick as hell on Redhill Street, you can even smell it near the lock,” he posted.
