Conservationsists at a swannery in Dorset have discovered a novel way of stopping crafty foxes breaking in and killing birds: boring them away with Radio 4, reports i. The "crafty" foxes have learned to swim around the fences at the edge of the swannery so staff, on the advice of a local farmer, set up radios and blast the foxes with the likes of The Archers, You & Yours and the Today programme. It works a treat, apparently. "It was a farmer who put us on to Radio 4," said swanherd Dave Wheeler. "In his words, Radio 4 is so boring that foxes won't go near it."
