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Wildlife lowlight of the week
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Posted 1 month ago #
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The cob was nowhere to be seen when I took this photo by the canoeing lake at Musselburgh Lagoons yesterday :(
There was, however, a good number of adult swans, plus a few adolescents from last year, swimming around at the mouth of the Esk. Which was nice.
I just wonder whether there might be a link between this latest dog-attacks-swan incident and the goings on at Blackford Pond last year and the year before, which ended up with the pond swanless despite a whole new family being imported from Granton last summer. I'm thinking along the lines of some idiot going around setting their XL Bully or whatever at local wildlife in an attempt to compensate for their personal inadequacies?
Posted 3 hours ago # -
See also: Straiton Pond, which similarly has had its swan population reduced time to time, including recently, by uncontrolled dogs, uncontrolled fishing lines and goodness knows what else.
However, I understand that adult swans can themselves be quite aggressive towards their young, a bit "You're old enough to leave home now. Get out and don't come back".
Posted 2 hours ago #
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