Nesting swan

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Nesting swan by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Nesting swan

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Apr 2008

She laid about a week ago and is on at least 5 eggs. When the swans first started nesting a fence would go up but this hasn't happened for a couple of years. Last year they hatched and kept 5 cygnets.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.268374
Longitude
-2.163346