A mother feeding the ducks with her two children was stunned when she was told off by a council warden - for giving the birds 'unhealthy' white bread.
Lisa Taplin, 34, was told by the park ranger to bring granary or wholemeal bread next time as it was better for the ducks.
The fluorescent-vest clad official said giving ducks white bread was tantamount to feeding her two sons chips with every meal, she said.
Mrs Taplin described the episode as crazy and said she walked away feeling both angry and guilty for apparently leaving the ducks malnourished.
Mrs Taplin went to the duck pond in her home town of Hailsham, East Sussex, with sons Luke, four and Dylan, two, when the bizarre incident happened.
She said: 'It was a nice day so I took the boys to our local pond. There were loads of ducks around us and they looked quite hungry.'
'We had about five slices of bread and we all threw bits of it towards them. The ducks fought a little over it but they seemed to enjoy it.'
'Then a man in a fluorescent waistcoat who was holding a litter pick up stick came over to me and said "I know you mean well but giving them white bread is not good for them."
'I was a bit stunned and just replied "oh right, I only have a few slices" and he said it was like giving children chips with every meal.'
'He then said next time if I brought wholemeal, granary or bird seed that would be better for them.
'He then walked off and made me feel slightly guilty for apparently leaving the ducks malnourished but also a bit angry at the crazy world we now live in.'
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