| The three cygnets are now well developed and in the fall when their feathers grow, they will rise in flight from the lake waters. |
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| Another male swan had its left foot hacked off, and last weekend, two cygnets were found orphaned near Furze Hill. |
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| There was concern for a swan and her five cygnets in the vicinity of the contaminated area. |
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| She has written a letter to a national newspaper about the disappearance of the cygnets. |
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| The two swans and their four cygnets became covered in oil after the dredgers dug the substance up from the canal bed. |
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| The beautiful pair were placed together at a wildlife site at Cheadle Royal Business Park in the hope they would mate and produce cygnets. |
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| The mother had lived on the river for eight years and had hatched three cygnets this spring. |
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| When the eggs hatched, the mother swan paraded with her six grey cygnets in the bay in front of our house. |
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| We have a breeding pair of swans on North Bradley lake and for the last two years all of their cygnets have been taken by foxes. |
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| Father, mother and two cygnets were released back on to the lower lake at The Lawns in December. |
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| On Friday the fully recovered male swan was reunited with his brood of five cygnets on the River Kennet. |
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| They saw an injured female swan and wondered why the male was not protecting its cygnets. |
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| Goslings graze with their parents out of the water whereas swans teach cygnets in the water to be aquatic feeders. |
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| The added danger from predators in the river has led to the cygnets being killed by foxes each year. |
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| Six mute swans and cygnets and three foxes were found dead close to one another in Kilcoole some days ago. |
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| After hatching, parents led the cygnets to feeding grounds on lawns surrounding the lake or shallow water close to the shore. |
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| The event runs until Saturday, April 18 and offers the chance to see ducklings, goslings and cygnets. |
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| The two swans have since brought seven baby cygnets into the world. |
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| The two swans and their family of three cygnets on Lough Talt this summer proved a big attraction with tourists pulling up along the shore to admire these graceful birds. |
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| The swans had three healthy cygnets that will leave the lake next year. |
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| The early casualty rate among cygnets is quite high, chiefly due to cold or starvation. |
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| I was annoyed to see whilst riding along the towpath on the way back into town that the swans have lost one of the cygnets in the past couple of days. |
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| For protection, the cygnets cluster close to their parents or hide in the vegetation while feeding. |
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| At this time of year the cygnets are not flying and are generally grey in colour. |
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| The cygnets grow from approximately 300 g at hatching to approximately 7 kg at fledging, or first flight. |
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| For all I know, swans do terrible things to their cygnets when I'm not watching. |
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| The cob becomes flightless about the time the pen regains her flight. In this way, one flightless parent remains with the cygnets during the brood period. |
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| The cygnets, or young, feed predominately on insects and other invertebrates for the first few weeks of life but may start feeding on plants before they are two weeks old. |
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| When the cygnets are learning how to fly they go out and fly their circuits with their parents to build up their wings in order to make the flight deep into the United States to Texas. |
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| But all's not lost: just because I'll be eating braised cygnets tonight doesn't mean I wasn't genuinely anxious for their safety when I counted them on the duck pond this morning. |
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| You know you are grown sentimental when you start counting the cygnets on the duck pond in the park to be sure none has perished since you counted last. |
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| This growth rate is necessary, because by early September the cygnets must be fully feathered and able to fly well enough to travel to larger lakes that will freeze over more slowly. |
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| The cygnets emerge covered in a dense pale grey down and remain in the nest with the pen for at least 24 hours, until they are able to maintain their own body temperature. |
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| Wings may span 3 m. Young of the year, or cygnets, can be distinguished from adults by their grey plumage, their yellowish legs and feet, and until their second summer of life, their smaller size. |
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| An early winter will doom cygnets not yet ready to fly out of the north. |
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| Mallards with their young, swans with cygnets, white and Canada geese, moorhens and a lonely heron lazily flapping his wings across the river below. |
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| After settling down with their brood, the swans were forced to confront and fend off Canadian geese that got a little too close for the comfort of the cygnets. |
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