Wheatears were flying around as well, prior to emigration and the Mute Swan couple were accompanied by nine dirty gray cygnets.
The pen, named Sally by local people, nested at the Penny Pond in 1996 and had one cygnet.
The young cygnets are starting to sprout their adult feathers.
Last year they hatched three cygnets, unfortunately only one survived to date.
In 1991 there were 116 cygnets and in 1992 the total number of new cygnets marked was 136.
New born cygnets are mainly lost to crows, herons, magpies, turtles, pike and large perch.
She danced her first cygnet this season. it was overwhelming.
She had been on the canal with her partner since 1994 and raised cygnets every year.
On the quiet stretch of the river above the weir, a pair of Mute Swans are still accompanied by their two gray cygnets.
We found out that baby Swan are called cygnets.
One morning three fluffy young cygnets appeared on the pond with their proud parents, but the remaining egg was not forgotten.
They are rearing eight thriving cygnets, from an original nine, which we think may include four from our old Mrs Swan.
Wheatears were flying around as well, prior to emigration and the Mute Swan couple were accompanied by nine dirty gray cygnets.
A young swan.