{"id":234,"date":"2026-09-03T17:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.famethemes.com\/techone\/?p=234"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:41:22","slug":"kingfisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Kingfisher Blames Welsh Sign for Empty Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An English-speaking kingfisher has been blamed for eating every fish in a Gwynedd lake after claiming he could not understand a sign reading \u201cDIM PYSGOTA\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The bird, who moved to the area from Surrey in April, said he had assumed the words were the name of the lake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLovely spot,\u201d he said. \u201cExcellent fishing and a convenient perch. We couldn\u2019t understand why nobody else was using it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake warden Dewi Griffiths confirmed that the sign meant \u201cNo Fishing\u201d and had been directly beneath the bird\u2019s feet throughout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did ask him to stop,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe said he didn\u2019t want to get involved in the language debate and swallowed another trout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s eaten the bloody lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A local resident who wished to remain anonymous said the situation had become ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>Elwyn Jones, 71, added: \u201cHe\u2019s eaten the bloody lot and now he\u2019s objecting to an otter moving in because it\u2019ll spoil the character of the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1539\" src=\"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Bollocks-Newsletter-32-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Bollocks-Newsletter-32-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Bollocks-Newsletter-32-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/The-Bollocks-Newsletter-32.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><strong><em>The suspect, pictured using the sign as a diving platform.<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Officials have since installed an English translation.<\/p>\n<p>The kingfisher welcomed the improvement but said the wording still did not apply to him.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m not fishing,\u201d he explained. \u201cI\u2019m having breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he intended to eat now the lake was empty, he said he expected the council to sort something out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An English-speaking kingfisher has been blamed for eating every fish in a Gwynedd lake after claiming he could not understand a sign reading \u201cDIM PYSGOTA\u201d. The bird, who moved to the area from Surrey in April, said he had assumed the words were the name of the lake. \u201cLovely spot,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news","tag-fish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1540,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/1540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welshbollocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}