Here's a rather sweet picture, courtesy of Mark Painter, of seven new black swan babies which have just hatched. Mark reports that he watched them leave their nest at 8.30am on March 30. Read more for a ...
Click through to see the black swans filmed by the Itchen at the Pettinger Gardens park. Unfortunately one seems to have suffered some damage: it can still walk and swim but probably not fly, we're told. ...
Black swan news, and Stephanie Knight has sent this photo from near the nest.
She says they ate a "healthy evening supper... dandelion leaves, lettuce, fine grass, wholemeal crumbs & whole ...
Here's a new black swan family shot from the riverside by Stephanie Knight, which shows the two remaining cygnets from earlier this year doing fine, as well as new eggs in the nest. Stephanie says they'r ...
Updated April 8: there are now sadly now only five cygnets - read more for update. Stephanie Knight, who kindly supplied this picture, reports in her latest black swan update that six five cygnets on ...
Following yesterday's news from the riverbank, that the Riverside Park black swans' eggs have hatched, here's the latest shot (read more for a larger version), courtesy of Stephanie Knight, of their first ...
Updated: The couple of black swans often seen from Riverside Park with their young - now almost fully grown - from last year now have new cygnets hatching. Stephanie Knight, who lives close to the river, ...
Tony Bunday sends these latest shots of our local black swan 'cygnets', all grown up and flying!
All five seem to have survived, and there could be more babies on the way: we're told the parents ...
We've been following the progress of this black swan couple and their five cygnets on the Itchen around our patch this year, and this recent photo by Jacqueline Bromley shows the family looks like it's still ...
Many in Bitterne Park and beyond have been following the progress of a pair of black swans and their five cygnets, who appeared on the Itchen late in the season. Latest intelligence, courtesy of this photo ...
How are the black swans and their cygnets doing on the Itchen near Riverside Park? The answer seems to be just fine. In fact they were drawing in quite a few onlookers by the jetty, and keeping the white ...
Here's a shot, appropriately tweeted to us on Saturday (Oct 10) of the black swan couple with five cygnets, taken from the pontoon at Riverside Park by Gordon Coates. But is it a little late in the season, ...
Those of you following the discussion about the reported appearance of a second black swan on the Itchen in our area on our Facebook page will be interested in this sequence of photographs kindly sent ...
Thanks to Liz Batten for sending these pictures of a black swan, who seems to have "adopted" a cygnet, at Riverside Park. 'Read more' to see the others. We've also recently heard from a reader who says she ...
We're told a black swan has been sighted just past the house boats on the northern side of Cobden bridge. There's more information about these creatures on the RSPB website here.
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At least two pairs of black swans that we've seen have had cygnets this year, and they certainly weren't afraid to show them off to the public by the pontoon. For video of another black swan family see ...
Thanks to Tony Bunday – who's frequently to be found in Riverside Park with his camera – for sending these photos of a kingfisher, buzzard, and a trio of black swans. His previous pics of deer snapped ...
Thanks to Ben Quextal for these pictures of the baby black swan - which seems to have been born rather late in the year and has been attracting quite a lot of attention - at Riverside Park on Thursday ...
Thanks to Kirsteen Anderson for letting us show you her photos of the baby black swans in their nest - read more to see even closer shots in the series.
News from the riverbank, and Stephanie Knight has taken this picture of five new cygnets which have just hatched.
It's said that the first five black swans born on our stretch of the Itchen were ...
It's thought that only two of this year's new black swan cygnets have so far survived. Here's what we think happened to the other three. Thanks to @noiseyBurd for the pic
Stephanie Knight, who ...
Hard on the heels – nay, tail feathers – of the black cygnets, here's the latest wildfowl arrival at Riverside Park: these geese popped up in the trees near the ramp to the Triangle on Sunday (Jan 17), ...
Here's a great post documenting a walk starting along Riverside Park in words and photographs, and featuring photos of the black swans and cygnets as an added bonus. Click here to read The Last Walk on ...
... following the progress of a black swan couple and their five cygnets on the Itchen this year. Here's how they looked in November.
December
Churches, traders and community came together in perhap ...
... in June, looking across the river from Riverside Park. • Two black swans & cygnet at Riverside
Presumably the deer cross the river from time to time at low tide.
As Tony remarks, "Quite a ...
Thanks to Ben Quextal for these pictures of the baby black swan - which seems to have been born rather late in the year and has been attracting quite a lot of attention - at Riverside Park on Thursday ...
We've been following the progress of this black swan couple and their five cygnets on the Itchen around our patch this year, and this recent photo by Jacqueline Bromley shows the family looks like it's still ...
We're told a black swan has been sighted just past the house boats on the northern side of Cobden bridge. There's more information about these creatures on the RSPB website here.
Updated April 8: there are now sadly now only five cygnets - read more for update. Stephanie Knight, who kindly supplied this picture, reports in her latest black swan update that six five cygnets on ...
Here's a rather sweet picture, courtesy of Mark Painter, of seven new black swan babies which have just hatched. Mark reports that he watched them leave their nest at 8.30am on March 30. Read more for a ...
Here's a shot, appropriately tweeted to us on Saturday (Oct 10) of the black swan couple with five cygnets, taken from the pontoon at Riverside Park by Gordon Coates. But is it a little late in the season, ...
Following yesterday's news from the riverbank, that the Riverside Park black swans' eggs have hatched, here's the latest shot (read more for a larger version), courtesy of Stephanie Knight, of their first ...
Updated: The couple of black swans often seen from Riverside Park with their young - now almost fully grown - from last year now have new cygnets hatching. Stephanie Knight, who lives close to the river, ...
Thanks to Kirsteen Anderson for letting us show you her photos of the baby black swans in their nest - read more to see even closer shots in the series.
Here's a new black swan family shot from the riverside by Stephanie Knight, which shows the two remaining cygnets from earlier this year doing fine, as well as new eggs in the nest. Stephanie says they'r ...
It's thought that only two of this year's new black swan cygnets have so far survived. Here's what we think happened to the other three. Thanks to @noiseyBurd for the pic ...
Those of you following the discussion about the reported appearance of a second black swan on the Itchen in our area on our Facebook page will be interested in this sequence of photographs kindly sent ...
Many in Bitterne Park and beyond have been following the progress of a pair of black swans and their five cygnets, who appeared on the Itchen late in the season. Latest intelligence, courtesy of this photo ...
Word reaches the bitternepark.info news centre that there was another dramatic swan rescue from Cobden Bridge on September 5. As 20 swans flew towards the bridge, most went under, three went over but ...
Here's a great post documenting a walk starting along Riverside Park in words and photographs, and featuring photos of the black swans and cygnets as an added bonus. Click here to read The Last Walk on ...
Thanks to Liz Batten for sending these pictures of a black swan, who seems to have "adopted" a cygnet, at Riverside Park. 'Read more' to see the others. We've also recently heard from a reader who says she ...
Click through to see the black swans filmed by the Itchen at the Pettinger Gardens park. Unfortunately one seems to have suffered some damage: it can still walk and swim but probably not fly, we're told. ...
How are the black swans and their cygnets doing on the Itchen near Riverside Park? The answer seems to be just fine. In fact they were drawing in quite a few onlookers by the jetty, and keeping the white ...
These new fluffies were causing quite a stir at Riverside Park on Sunday (April 21), with onlookers (including us) reaching for their phones to snap them. Read more for a couple of video clips.
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