It must be confusing to be a swan. Those parents that have nurtured you for nine months, taught you to swim, to fight, to fly….. now only have time for each other. Not only do they not have time for you…. but they want you to pack up and go. Fly the nest, leave the […]
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Swans are fiercely territorial. The young herring gull, caught between the river and the harbour mouth, is shown little mercy by the parent swans. The cygnets, mimicking parental behaviour, join in the one-sided skirmish. The gull finds sanctuary on the river bank, but with a damaged wing, its chances of survival are poor.
The man in the Fishermen’s Mutual Association, as reliable a source as you could hope for, has confirmed the story of the cygnet with the broken leg. A telephone call to the Berwick Swan and Wildlife Trust flagged up the injury and the cygnet was picked up at the nest. It will receive treatment then be […]
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