Swan Upping On The Thames
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Swan Upping On The Thames
CLICK HERE TO BOOK FOR MY TOURS Since before records began, Swan Upping has taken place on the River Thames in the third week of July – chosen as the ideal moment to make a census of the swans, while the cob (as the male swan is known) is moulting and flightless, and before the cygnets of Spring take flight at the end of Summer. This ancient custom stems from a world when the ownership and husbandry of swans was a matter of consequence, and they…
In the Swan Upping, a tradition that dates back to the 12th century and is an annual census of the population of the mute swan species on the River Thames, from Sunbury Lock to Oxfordshire, in London, United Kingdom, this year those birds that are said to be of King Charles III were caught again.After weighing them and verifying their good health, they were returned to the water near Windsor Castle.The head of the swans, David Barber, said they …
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