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The annual tradition of counting swans on the River Thames has got under way. The count - known as swan upping - is the royal ...
The annual five-day census of swans belonging to King Charles III has begun along the River Thames. The centuries-old ...
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Scarlet uniforms cut a striking figure against the River Thames this week as the annual five-day census of King Charles III ...
King Charles III is, among many of his royal titles, the Seigneur of the Swans. He has the right to claim ownership of any unmarked mute swan in the country. But with great power comes great ...
An annual medieval tradition of counting swans on the River Thames is returning. Swan upping is a royal census of the birds ...
Discover the centuries-old tradition of Swan Upping, a royal census of Mute Swans on the River Thames, vital for conservation ...
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Swan Upping is a popular spectator sport as, all along the route, local people turn out to line the banks. In these river communities of the upper Thames, it has been witnessed for generations, ...
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Swan Upping will start in Sunbury Lock and finish at Abingdon Bridge in Oxfordshire on 18 July. The historic event, which ...
The River Thames transforms into a whirl of scarlet uniforms and wooden skiffs for King Charles III's annual swan census.