It appears another Cygnet was killed early this morning in the harbour. The Harbour master found the remains at the north end side, close to where the parents were sitting. Last night I saw them in the harbour about 9pm and they were all feeding happily, this was in spite of provocation from some kayaks. This however may have prevented them from leaving the harbour to go to the nest site. We are now down to 4 cygnets from a total of 8 eggs laid within the first week ! I hope we have no more casualties. This spot in the harbour is very dangerous, because it's directly below a large refuse bin which is constantly surveyed by crows and seagulls.
The local newspaper the Nairnshire Telegraph, has a photo showing the cygnets under attack from a crow only a few days ago at this exact spot ! The reason for that attack was because a woman threw large pieces of bread on top of the cygnets. This is extremely foolish when swans are out of the water, they are slow and cumbersome and are unable to protect from a quick Aeriel attack. PLEASE DONT DO IT !
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