First Cygnets Of The Year Hatch At Abbotsbury Swannery
May 4, 2019, 11:42 AM | Updated: 12:12 pm
WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND - MAY 04: First cygnets of the year hatch at Abbotsbury Swannery on May 04, 2019 near Weymouth, England. It is the only publically accessible colony of nesting mute swans in the world. The arrival of the cygnets is traditionally seen as the start of summer and local traditions claim the Benedictine Monks who owned the Dorset swannery between 1000 AD and the 1540s believed the first cygnet signaled the season's first day. Abbotsbury Swannery's mute swans - up to 1,000 in total - are all free flying, and are not kept in cages. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
(Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND (Getty) – First cygnets of the year hatch at Abbotsbury Swannery on May 4 near Weymouth, England.
It is the only publically accessible colony of nesting mute swans in the world.
The arrival of the cygnets is traditionally seen as the start of summer and local traditions claim the Benedictine Monks who owned the Dorset swannery between 1000 AD and the 1540s believed the first cygnet signaled the season’s first day.
Abbotsbury Swannery’s mute swans – up to 1,000 in total – are all free flying, and are not kept in cages.
