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We are the Queen’s Windsor Swans

Linked to Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

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  1. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    Thank you, I’m glad you liked the photograph. Blue skies would have made it better but we can’t always have these in the UK.

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  2. rajanisingh885721172 Avatar
    rajanisingh885721172

    Beautiful blog

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  3. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    Quite a flotilla of birds. I’m always so taken with the header shot that all others pale in comparison. 🙂

    janet

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      There are always a lot of swans around the bridge here but I have a suspicion that they are fed tidbits from visitors to the Palace!

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      1. sustainabilitea Avatar
        sustainabilitea

        I’m sure you’re right.

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  4. restlessjo Avatar
    restlessjo

    They’re a fabulous sight when you see them in such numbers. A ‘ballet’ of swans, so Google tells me, though I think bevy is more common. But then, the Queen’s swans wouldn’t be common, would they? 🙂 🙂

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      One shudders to think so!

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  5. Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Avatar
    Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter

    Wow! We usually see them in pairs, so that’s a LOT of swans!

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    1. maristravels Avatar
      maristravels

      She’s got a lot of everything, let’s face it.

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      1. Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Avatar
        Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter

        Very true!

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  6. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    The Monarch owns all unmarked mute swans in open water in the UK, but only exercises ownership on certain stretches and tributaries of the River Thames around Windsor. The annual Swan Upping on the Thames rounds up all the unmarked swans and marks them. The reason goes back centuries to when swans were a prized dish to be eaten so the monarch claimed them – as you would if you were a monarch! Only three other companies are allowed to own swans, these are Abbotsbury Swannery, the Vintners, and the Dyers – ownership dating from the 14th century. Their swans have a unique mark on their beaks denoting ownership: all unmarked swans are, by default, owned by the Queen.

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    CadyLuck Leedy

    Does she have them everywhere or just in certain places?

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  8. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    Yes, they most certainly do.

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  9. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    Don’t they all look majestic

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