Dawlish town council’s Waterfowl Warden discovered that one of the pair of cygnets was dead when he was doing his rounds on Thursday morning.
Dawlish Discussion
03 Sep 2016 14:03
02 Oct 2016 13:31
thankyou for posting this. I have been away 7 weeks so missed all of this & I love the swans, cygets, ducks & geese & love to see them in our town.. Sad that a cygnet dies - they are adorable. I think it was also quite a challenging time of year for it to be born - so maybe not totally unexpected. and it was so soon after the mother had her previous cygnets.
04 Oct 2016 08:28
More cygnets on the way in Dawlish as black swans breed for record third time this year
Three eggs have been laid by the same breeding pair of black swans who have already cygnets hatch on two occasions from year.
04 Oct 2016 15:27
A few pics eggs and cygnet taken 03 Oct 2016.
04 Oct 2016 16:56
Brilliant pictures @ DEEDOOLE.
05 Oct 2016 08:05
Extraordinary, isn't it ? for her to lay eggs again when she's still got such a young cygnet. Must admit, I did get the impression the other day she wasn't really looking after the young one, hope I'm wrong. (And yes, good stuff DEEDOODLE, thank you.)
07 Oct 2016 12:21
Great photos.
07 Oct 2016 12:59
'Borders' is telling us there are a further two eggs! What realistic chance is there that they can survive an autumn upbringing? - I hope they can, but it will be a shame if all their efforts end up in tragedy.
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