swannery

At the end you leave the sea and walk towards the Swannery.

It's also home to a swannery with fabulous Mute Swans.

The swannery has 600-700 swans.

Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world.

The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery, which was founded by Benedictine monks.

Our terrain changed from fields to bridleways and lanes as we approached Abbotsbury once again past the old swannery.

The ancient swannery at Abbotsbury has found that Radio 4 has much the same effect on foxes.

The first of these is master of the famous swannery or nursery of swans, the like of which, I believe, is not in Europe.

It has been suggested that the tower is older than Corfe Castle and was built as a defensive stronghold overlooking the lake and swannery.

Bordesley Abbey: remains of a former Cistercian abbey, later used as a Royal Swannery.

With Bowls, Putting, Tennis, Boating Lake, Floral Hall and Swannery.

Reach it and the reserve entrance via the Swannery car park signposted from the seafront; there is a main line railway station and coach station adjacent.

The Fleet is home to many wading birds and Abbotsbury Swannery, and fossils can be found in the sand and mud.

The swannery was used by the monks until 1539 when the monastery was dissolved by King Henry VIII.

The round-up is undertaken by around 50 canoes that start at the eastern end of the lagoon and slowly drive the birds into the swannery bay at Abbotsbury.

The visitors handbook "Abbotsbury Swannery and the Fleet" ISBN 0-7117-1512-2 was used in compiling this article.

In medieval days swans were often used for meat, but now the swannery acts as a preserve for swans and many other birds attracted to the Fleet's lush grasses.

(The swannery is open from May to September, 9:30 A.M. to 4 P.M.; admission is $2.25.)

The village is famous for its swannery, subtropical gardens, Abbey and abbey barn, castle, St Catherine's Chapel and the nearby Chesil Beach.

He was being shown round the Abbotsbury Swannery and was talking to swanherd John Fair near a swan and her cygnets when the swan took exception.

At the swannery bird lovers have the opportunity to watch swans wheeling and swooping over the Fleet, with identification and commentary on request from the present swanherd, John Fair.

Within the castle grounds, there were fishponds, a horse driven mill, woodyard, a vineyard, kennels, a dovecote and a swannery (the birds were not kept for their aesthetic qualities!)

Today parts of the line can still be walked, but the course of the backwater railway viaduct has long been replaced by Weymouth's Swannery road bridge, which was built in virtually the same place.

Abbotsbury swannery is today a tourist attraction and the swans have become accustomed to the presence of visitors and allow close but respectful approach even in the nesting season when cygnets are on the nest.

The alluvial marsh was supposed to have been the site of an ancient royal swannery, and to have contributed the first syllable to the name Swanwic, mentioned in Domesday, though Old English 'swan' appears to derive from swineherd.