Swan Upping (1 Viewer)

[Kits]

The Swan Upping ceremony commenced at 09:00 BST today in Sunbury, Surrey and will pass through Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, taking five days to complete.

The number of swans on the River Thames recorded in the annual census is expected to have risen.

The census dates back to the 12th Century and sees the mute swans on the river rounded up, marked, weighed, health-checked and then released.

Article here.

 

[RobinD]

I saw them in Sonning at 8:30 yesterday morning while taking my son to school. They look as splendid as ever.
The bad news is that numbers are down again this year, by as much as a third.

 

[aeshna5]

I saw them in Sonning at 8:30 yesterday morning while taking my son to school. They look as splendid as ever.
The bad news is that numbers are down again this year, by as much as a third.

There was an item on this on the local news in the week + there have been quite a few birds being shot + persecuted.