Two swans have been killed by a Northern Ireland Railways train leaving their five two-week old cygnets orphaned.
Debbie Nelson, said she was alerted to the incident on the Carrickfergus to Larne line on Saturday evening through a “very distressing call”.
Ms Nelson, who operates Doolittles Wildlife Rescue, says the Mute swans were crossing the track to their pond at Magheramorne when the train “drove over” them.
