POLICE have received reports of swans being shot at by an air rifle.
Officers have had reports of someone using an air rifle to shoot at swans at the Amberswood Nature Reserve in Hindley, in the green waters area.
Police say a five-year-old child witnessed the swans being shot at and was left "very upset" by the ordeal.
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