jefmcg
Guru
A Melbourne friend just shared her endomondo ride with me, which included these beauties.
Love me some chocolate swans!
Love me some chocolate swans!
Baby black swans AKA cygnets
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jefmcg
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Liking that (of course!) but what were you expecting with "Baby black swans AKA cygnets"?
winjim
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I was honestly expecting a funny post about statistical outliers, not one about actual black swans.
They are very cute though.Profpointy
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I remember seeing one black swan in Newbury of all places - hanging out amicably enough with the gang of white swans. Seemed to be an allegory there somewhere. Perfectly true story by the way,
Profpointy
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I did wonder how he'd ended up in Newbury and where he'd escaped from, or simply buggered off from. Presumably he'd not made his own way from Australia
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jefmcg
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There are more introduced species than native ones in the UK. So much so that the definition of a native plant is one that was here before the normans.
I've seen a few black swans in the UK. The ones I remember were at Barnes Wetland centre, and Leeds (not that Leeds) Castle (yeah, not a castle, either, by any reasonable standard).
raleighnut
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There used to be a pair of Black Swans at Groby Pool (a reservoir) nr Bradgate Park in Leicestershire.
Yellow Saddle
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- Loch side.
They taste very similar to the white variety.
Dogtrousers
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So the Queen tells me
Profpointy
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Once everyone's starving, it'll be cats and dogs, never mind swans
Anyone seen the film High Rise recently, or read the book for that matter?