Single Father with Cygnets
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Single Father with Cygnets
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 May 2015
A male swan with five cygnets (approx 10-14 days old) on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe. The pen (female) was killed before the eggs hatched so the cob (male) took over. A few days earlier, there were eight cygnets (Image]) but now there are only five. Some locals have voiced suspicions that the local heron (Image]) was responsible but I think it is more likely that the others were taken by a mink or fox.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.564294
Longitude
-2.32789