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The cygnets of Studley Royal

The cygnets of Studley Royal

One of this years cygnets resting against its mother (Pen) at the lakeside in Studley Royal Deer Park near Ripon. At this age the cygnets are vulnerable to pred...
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One of this years cygnets resting against its mother (Pen) at the lakeside in Studley Royal Deer Park near Ripon. At this age the cygnets are vulnerable to predation. When I photographed this one in the morning it had three siblings by the evening when I returned one had been lost...someone suggested it could have been to a pike. Update: on returning a week later the swans have lost all their cygnets - not the first year this has happened but never a nice thing to see.

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