Wetlands swan family

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Permalink Reply by tigha on August 10, 2018 at 8:18

Beautiful

Are they the family in finsbury park which are thriving

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on August 10, 2018 at 8:33

I'm not sure - the nest was in the wetlands and they still seem to rest on the bank where I took the picture. But they're not always there, I see them on about half of my visits now. Have you seen them in the New River in Finsbury Park or the lake?

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Carter on August 10, 2018 at 9:41

What a treat to see. Just how many young were there?

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Permalink Reply by Abi on August 10, 2018 at 12:24

This particular pair has seven cygnets but one seems to be being abandoned :( it hangs out further up the river towards FP and has been spending more and more time on its own. However there have been other sightings of all seven together in the early morning.

I can't tell if all seven are pictured here, but maybe the OP can confirm?

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on August 10, 2018 at 22:48

Just six. I think I've only ever counted six. Ah I day that but just checked a photo from when they were very little and number 7 was hiding

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Permalink Reply by Abi on August 10, 2018 at 23:12

Pic I took in May:

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Permalink Reply by Abi on August 10, 2018 at 12:25

The family  usually takes a trip to Finsbury Park some time in the afternoon (yes I'm sad enough to have a good idea of their daily routine as it intersects quite a bit with my own!). Not sure how far they go, but I think just up to the bit by Endimion road as there's another swan family a little further along, and I don't suppose they would want to encroach on their territory.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on August 10, 2018 at 22:24

Oh wow! 

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on August 10, 2018 at 10:03

Marcel Proust remembers this family from his childhood walks in 'Du coté de chez Swann'. Don't feed them any madeleine cakes.

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Permalink Reply by Geraldine B on August 10, 2018 at 11:57

Grey is beautiful! 

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Permalink Reply by inga bystram on August 10, 2018 at 17:04

o wow!!!

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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on August 10, 2018 at 23:04

When water was pumped around New River there was large Numbers of Swans on New River

Also when the Old Cricket Fields was kept locked.  They used to nest in the Weeds.

As mentioned there are some real large Pike - Freshwater Sharks - in the New River System

Who used to also take the Geese chicks 

There is reports that Swans on the River Lea at Tottenham are being removed  - Possible for food as are the Canadian Geese.

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