After careful nurturing for 9 months, Slim and Sue have embarked on the task of expelling their cygnets from their birthplace.
Slim has become more intolerant in the past few days and has now been joined by Sue in a joint effort to make the cygnets leave home and fend for themselves.
The first to feel their displeasure is Runty and one other sibling, both of whom were chased downstream today,
this process will now accelerate over the coming days. It may take a couple of weeks before they eventually succeed in forcing them away.
May seem sad, but as Swans go, keeping their offspring around for 9 months is beyond the norm.
