The number of swans on the River Thames has increased, but cygnets are smaller than normal, according to the Queen's Swan Marker. After a week of "Swan Upping" - the annual swan census on the ...

Swan uppers make their way up the River Thames during the annual swan upping. Swan uppers weigh and tag the young cygnets along the River Thames during the annual swan upping. The annual census of ...

THE population of young swans in the River Thames has fallen, as revealed by the annual census at this year’s Swan Upping. The Queen’s Swan Marker, David Barber, accompanied by representatives ...

King Charles has several royal titles, including the "Seigneur of the Swans." Since the 12th century, the British crown held the right to claim ownership of all unmarked mute swans swimming in ...

For hundreds of years, the royal family has laid claim to many of England’s swans. An annual count found a worrisome drop in cygnets along a stretch of the River Thames this year. By Claire ...

Dozens of birds are thought to have been targeted in the past year. The four-day swan census starts in Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey and Windsor in Berkshire on 20 July. David Barber said the birds ...

SHEPPERTON, EnglandSHEPPERTON, England — With a flurry of flapping wings and a cacophony of confused squeaking, the swan and her downy young cygnets were plucked from the River Thames and passed ...

Swan Upping, one of the less heralded royal events on the British calendar, will be held next week. The census of sorts is set to take place on the River Thames from Monday, July 15. Although King ...

The annual ceremonial event of “swan-upping” has commenced on the River Thames this week, offering a visual spectacle to Britons along the riverbanks. During the Middle Ages, swans were ...

Staines - Teams of census-takers took to the River Thames on Monday for the colourful annual count of Queen Elizabeth II's swans - a blend of science and ceremony that dates to the 12th century. By ...

As the Seigneur of the Swans, the Queen exercised only part of her right, on an 80-mile stretch of the River Thames from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey to Abingdon, Oxon. So while Her Majesty did ...