Swans

[cmcmck]

We visited the city or Worcester (where the sauce comes from)  last month.

It sits on the River Severn a bit further downstream from where we live.

It's a city full of swans! The medieval monastery kept swans and the population today are their descendants.

They are mute swans of which the city is extremely proud!





They even get into the street art!



There's a feeding scheme run by locals to make sure they get the right sort of food



They even get into the city centre at times!


 

Comments

[shirebound]

Love that city centre sign!

There's a feeding scheme run by locals to make sure they get the right sort of food

What a marvelous thing. I'd love to wander through this charming place.

[cmcmck]

It's an attractive city for sure and the swans are a real bonus!

[iddewes]

I have only been to Worcester once as a child and all I remember was King John’s tomb with his nose broken off, I didn’t know about the swans! 😉

[cmcmck]

I wasn't aware of the history of the swan population.

[scytale]

These are all great pictures! So much going on with swans. ;D

[cmcmck]

It's lovely to see them an all in such fine condition.

[vriddy]

Oh, such beautiful swans and the city looks so beautiful as well! Cool sign :D

[cmcmck]

It's somewhere we'd not visited before and I think we'll be back.

[chestnut_pod]

!
Swans

[cmcmck]

:o)

[turlough]

I don't think I've ever seen that many swans at one time! Worcester looks like a lovely town.

[cmcmck]

It's a pretty place and the walks along the river are gorgeous.

[pameladean]

That's a goodly number of swans! I've only seen that many during migration. They are cranky birds, but so magnificent.

I enjoyed your other set of photos too. I've been to Shrewsbury (because of the Brother Cadfael books, which my mother-in-law was keen on, and so were we), but never Worcester.

P.

[cmcmck]

I suspect it's those books that made me want to move to this region.

[kaishin108]

what a gorgeous coven of swans, or whatever you call a group of them. ow special!

[cmcmck]

Apparently it's a bevy of swans in the UK.

[kaishin108]

i was joking about a coven as i just couldn't remember. ahh a bevy, yes that sounds less menacing :) :)

[cmcmck]

Although I'm sure there must be something better!

[adafrog]

Neat. Thanks.

[cmcmck]

Y're welcome!

[sasha_feather]

! Swans! love these photos, thanks for sharing.

[cmcmck]

Glad you enjoyed!

[pilottttt]

It seems that these beauties are able to decorate any pond.

[cmcmck]

It's true!

[yourlibrarian]

How cool! Thanks for this overview.

[cmcmck]

Glad to be of service! :o)

[imhilien]

Lovely pictures. :)

[cmcmck]

Thanks!