I had an email from TK last night, which said that, rather than the cygnets being hunted by humans, the culprits were likely to be pike, which apparently are known to pull quite large birds under the surface of the water by their legs.
To quote Michael Caine, 'Not a lot of people know that!'
(Well, I didn't anyway.)
Plaster board and dust
So, we're still no further forward on the British Gas smart meter front and I've given up making non-existent appointments with them...
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So, we're still no further forward on the British Gas smart meter front and I've given up making non-existent appointments with them... -
When all this first happened, last week, I was sure that I would not want or be able to mention it at all on this blog. Now, however. I feel... -
This is Keith in the car park of Moel Famau country park this morning. We decided that, as Christmas day this year was going to be a q...
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Pulling large birds is not to be recommended. Better to pull small or medium sized birds. Gentlemen should also avoid birds from the Rhondda Valley or Liverpool as they might steal your wallet. Yorkshire birds are best. Piking them is delightful.
And of course, you wouldn't be the least bit biased, would you, YP???
Nay lass.
Whilst TK is probably right there have been plenty of instances of mindless kids attacking swans and their young. xx
Yes, there have indeed, Flighty. I hope the remaining three stay safe anyway.
Pike are usually to blame for taking ducklings, but they must be pretty big fish if they are carrying off cyhnets of the size in your photo.
The cygnets that have disappeared have only gone in the last couple of weeks so they would have been fairly big, SP. Maybe we've got a few sharks in the canal. ;)
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