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How to Attract the Wombat
Yon can't ignore a thing that is called Swan-upping. The moment I heard of it, I
should simply have said, "Swan-upping, eh?" or "Fancy that!" and gone about my
business, instead of spending an afternoon in the Public Library reading about ...
On the other hand, knowing that the title is Swan Upping, which refers to a long-
standing English social tradition, may well say something about the picture's
appeal. Suppose Spencer had called it, in mock homage to Picasso, The Blue
Punt ...
Figure 1 (right) Numbers of mute swans recorded by Swan Upping, from 1822 to
1972. The upper trace shows all swans, the lower just adults with young, and
gaps represent incomplete counts. Note the decline after the late 1950s.
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London and Westminster: city and suburb
The swan-upping — that is, the catching and taking up of the swans to place
marks on the cygnets and renew those on the old birds, if obliterated — took
place before the royal swan-herdsman ; and the swan-herds wore swan-feathers
in their ...
The old picture is captioned 'Swan Upping on the Thames from Brentford Ait'.
Swan Upping acts as an annual census of the swan population and a health
check. Unmarked swans are caught, ringed, weighed and measured then
released.
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Curious Country Customs
Henley, Berkshire (third week of July) Swan-Upping, the ceremonial business of
rounding up swans for marking,dates from medieval times, when the birds had
royal status and were regarded as an important part of any banquet or feast.
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London Ceremonial and Traditions
The duties of the Queen's Swan Keeper and his three Swan Herdsmen do not
end at Swan-upping. ... during the winter, and look after them throughout the year
. ln the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Swan-upping was purely a routine
job, ...
Swan Upping, on the River Thames between London and Henley (July 30). The
Queen's Swan Keeper, in his scarlet livery, sets off from Southwark to round up
all newly born cygnets and record their ownership— as required by Royal
Licence ...
Swan Upping There is a short stretch of the towpath at Sunbury that is marked as
a “swan-feeding” area. As you can imagine this is extremely popular, not only
with the children who delight in the attention that a swan will give to anybody who
...
Susan Heinrichs Gray. The River Thames flows through London. In London,
many graceful swans glide along the Thames River. In the third week in July,
people in London enjoy Swan Upping week. During Swan Upping, people row
boats up ...
Susan Heinrichs Gray, 2001
