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sco - lord and lady !

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:28:50 +0000

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Almost 100% sure that these are Lord Greedy-guts and his mate Lady Quiet. [3 of 3]

Their behaviour was exactly as remembered when offered a small amount of bread crust.
Since they have survived the lean times of the covid pandemic, and seem to have "got away with it" in terms of bird flu, when we re-start our boating visits as the 2023 refit comes to a conclusion, I'll stock up on some suitable feed for them.

sco - Lord G-g

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:28:34 +0000

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Almost 100% sure that these are Lord Greedy-guts and his mate Lady Quiet. [2 of 3]

Their behaviour was exactly as remembered when offered a small amount of bread crust. Lord GG having a go, he's a bit out of practice !
Since they have survived the lean times of the covid pandemic, and seem to have "got away with it" in terms of bird flu, when we re-start our boating visits as the 2023 refit comes to a conclusion, I'll stock up on some suitable feed for them.

sco - why, Hello there

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:28:28 +0000

StoneRoad2013 has posted:

Almost 100% sure that these are Lord Greedy-guts and his mate Lady Quiet. [1 of 3]

Their behaviour was exactly as remembered when offered a small amount of bread crust.
Since they have survived the lean times of the covid pandemic, and seem to have "got away with it" in terms of bird flu, when we re-start our boating visits as the 2023 refit comes to a conclusion, I'll stock up on some suitable feed for them.

oaw - dec swan feed 01

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:09:26 +0000

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Feeding the marina swans, 11th December 2016 - actually, we gave them some old breakfast cereal, not bread. Several cobs (males) are displaying to each other and the pens (females) with half-raised wings, this is "busking" but the wing posture can be used to "wind-surf" as well. There are several established pairs, but also several non-breeding adults, juveniles and cygnets in the marina population.
The boat visible is "Saltire" , she is an ex-lifeboat.

oaw - gg feed 1

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:00:10 +0000

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This cob will take from your hand, whilst swearing at you - quite the greedy guts despite an understandable caution around humans ... He's quite dominant, but very loving to his pen. We frequently see him and his lady around our part of the marina. They largely avoid the influx of visiting swans, preferring to paddle around in the quiet areas, eating a largely natural diet, only occasionally supplemented by scrounging - we give them grain rather than white bread, although they do get some crusts. I might try layer's pellets ...