A 64-YEAR-OLD great grandmother says she fears a major air disaster may happen over her house - as Canada Geese heading for the nearby leisure lake mingle with low-flying aircraft landing at Heathrow Airport.

Marie Smith, 64, lives in Welley Road, Wraysbury with her husband James, 70.

They have lived there 22 years and are used to planes flying over the trees as they head down towards the runway.

But she says a new hazard is causing her concern – as flocks of Canada Geese pass over four or five times a day attracted by the RK Leisure nature reserve which has grown up at the bottom of her garden.

After hearing a bump early on Monday morning she was shocked to find a decapitated goose in her garden.

She is convinced the goose had been in a collision with a plane.

She said: “I heard the bang and thought oh my God, what is that?

“I found the bird later and am convinced it had been hit by a plane.

“My fear is that if the planes keep coming this way the birds will bring one down.

“It has happened elsewhere.

“I have grandchildren and great grandchildren who are often here and I worry about a real disaster.”

She said she believes planes could avoid the birds by making a slight diversion of a few hundred yards.

But a spokesman for Heathrow said that aircraft had to be in line with the runway at a certain distance before touching down and that the close proximity of Welley Road property to the airport made it impossible to avoid when planes took that route.

The spokesman said: “At the airport, Heathrow has dedicated teams who constantly patrol the runways and roads airside to disperse any birds which pose a risk of a bird strike to aircraft landing or taking off.

“Their duties also include maintaining an environment that deters birds or any other wildlife, such as ensuring the grass on the airfield is kept at a particular length to make it uninhabitable for birds to prevent them settling.”