Swans can harm you it's true

Leave the poor swans alone you drunken lout.

You visit its home and then call the bird a nuisance ?

Are you sure it wasn't a peck ?

Rog

It is about a mile away from it's usual area. It doesn't come down here much. I was nowhere near its home.

I think it was the wing probably. I doubt they have that much force in a peck.





A real whack like a hammer blow but as it was behind me at the time I am unsure exactly what happened.

It did me a favour actually as the drinking is becoming a problem and something like this can help focus the mind. Time for a ride on the wagon




Must say the London birds are far more aggressive than out on the Thames in Berkshire where I had the cygnets pecking my fingers and the parent swans totally unbothered by it all.

They say swans are clever. I've seen one, probably this one, a few years ago being beaten by someone in a kayak with a paddle. Eventually the swan drove the kayak to the bankside man got out and swan sunk kayak.

But that man was attacking the bird. I was not. Difference.

I guess all small boats are a threat to that bird now so same treatment for everyone.

Seen one chasing a goose away yesterday, wouldn’t leave it alone and you could see the goose was crapping it..

Funny stuff

Years ago I used to do sprint canoeing, I had been feeding a swan some of my sandwiches over a period of time at a race event, on the finales the swan visited the starting line just as the off gun was fired, [it was looking for food from me] the start turned into chaos with only two of us getting away, I won and it was upheld after a stewards inquiry. I later rewarded the swan for his norty ways and my win with a whole pack of sarnies

Isn't nature wonderful ... making bird bones hollow and lightweight to assist with flight ... yet still able to apply a 'karate chop' sufficient to break a humans limb ... it's almost magic

Rog