Two Months Old

5 days old

The cygnets are now two months old and looking more like young swans everyday. The weather has been awful with continuous spates and all the river vegetation washed away. To make matters worse, the beach seaweed has disappeared with the encroaching sandbar smothering everything. The last few years floods have dramatically changed the local environment and with it the swans natural food supply. Last year I started to give them winter food supply in August because of the big flood, now It's only July but with recent spates the river has been cleaned out once again ! The annual cost of feeding the Swans and ducks is now around £1400, partly due to the increase cost of wheat. This does not include vets costs or picking fresh grass and the like ! Climate change is obvious to me and river wildlife habitat, but I will continue to provide what I can for the love of these beautiful creatures !