Nairn 9 Forres 7 Brodie 4

I understand that Sanquar loch in Forres has 7 cygnets this year and Brodie has 4....But the Winner is Nairn with 9. Nice for Nairn to be a winner at something, and appreciated by the tourists who have not exactly had the weather this season. On the subject of winners, the swans Island has produced yet another brood of ducklings. Today I saw another 10 take to the moat, and am thankful that the Mink has been caught - just in time to maybe save some of them. The mood around the lower river has changed now that the Mink is gone, the wildlife are a little more at ease. I understand the Mink was a female and hopefully caught before it produced a litter, too bad It was caught after the superduck lost 20 of her brood - It was probably the Mink that had homed in on them.