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Swan Upping

Staines, Middx. Mon 15 Jul 2013

 

 
 

 The cygnets are all weighed and their heads are measured

 

 

 David Barber gets some of those watching to feel how soft the swan down is on the cygnets
      
 

  The ring on the adult bird is checked and needs some attention
 
 

The uppers get ready to return the swans 

taking care to release the swan 

and then the cygnets who speed towards the swan 

 

 

 

Finally the lone swan is released 

Swan Master David Barber is the last to leave 

 

and I go home for lunch as the uppers head for the Swan Hotel at Egham Hythe opposite Staines 

   

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