Towns new mum

sphinx wrote:We have swans nesting by the town bridge again this year - and the eggs have started hatching today so was able to get these pictures

sphinx wrote:So cute.

Was worried the eggs would not make it the river was up last week and water was lapping around the nest - if the water had come any higher the nest would have been destroyed.  

sphinx wrote:I will go down tomorrow and get some more - hopefully all eggs will have hatched by then.  She laid seven - although in previous years she has had one or two fail to hatch.

Still should be able to show everyone some newly swimming cygnets tomorrow.

sphinx wrote:I will try to - the family have in previous years moved up river for a bit but I will get what I can

Tommy Monk wrote:Let's hope they do better than some of The others.....



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261044/Slaughter-swans-As-carcasses-pile-crude-camps-built-river-banks-residents-frightened-visit-park-Peterborough.html

Cass wrote:Wonderful pictures sphinx. You have talent. Thanks for sharing and making me smile x

Tommy Monk wrote:Let's hope they do better than some of The others.....



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261044/Slaughter-swans-As-carcasses-pile-crude-camps-built-river-banks-residents-frightened-visit-park-Peterborough.html

harvesmom wrote:I love to look at them...from a distance. I know from bitter experience they can be very nasty if you accidentally walk past them a bit too closely, especially when they have babies.

sphinx wrote:They do look cuddly don,t they?

Mind you when you stand there thinking about climbing down to pick one up to cuddle you tend to see dad looking at you - and he is a big mature Cobb, who I would not like to tangle with.

Cass wrote:

sphinx wrote:They do look cuddly don,t they?

Mind you when you stand there thinking about climbing down to pick one up to cuddle you tend to see dad looking at you - and he is a big mature Cobb, who I would not like to tangle with.

Oh I know. When I first moved over we lived alongside basingstoke canal....many a time I had to rescue my cat from being lunch....running down the garden clutching a hissing cat wearing oven gloves being chased quite quickly by 2 honking hissing swans....it was terrifying. Once we were in he would sit in front of the French doors to the patio taunting them. They would peck at the glass but eventually go away.

victorisnotamused wrote:

Cass wrote:

Oh I know. When I first moved over we lived alongside basingstoke canal....many a time I had to rescue my cat from being lunch....running down the garden clutching a hissing cat wearing oven gloves being chased quite quickly by 2 honking hissing swans....it was terrifying. Once we were in he would sit in front of the French doors to the patio taunting them. They would peck at the glass but eventually go away.

OK...I gotta ask......why was your cat wearing oven gloves??????

victorisnotamused wrote:

Cass wrote:

Oh I know. When I first moved over we lived alongside basingstoke canal....many a time I had to rescue my cat from being lunch....running down the garden clutching a hissing cat wearing oven gloves being chased quite quickly by 2 honking hissing swans....it was terrifying. Once we were in he would sit in front of the French doors to the patio taunting them. They would peck at the glass but eventually go away.

OK...I gotta ask......why was your cat wearing oven gloves??????