A historic swan counting tradition dating back hundreds of years returned to the Marlow stretch of the River Thames this week.
The Queen’s royal officials took to the waters to do the census of the town’s best loved feathered friends during the annual Swan Upping on Wednesday, July 20.
They rowed from Marlow Bridge to Henley-on-Thames in royal skiffs and “upped” any cygnets out of the water to weigh them and assessed them or illness or injury.
Children from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School in Prospect Road, and Cookham Dean Primary School, Bigfrith Lane, joined Mr Barber at the Compleat Angler to help kick off the third day of the census.
After a brief talk about the reasons and history of the swan upping, children got the chance to stroke an orphaned cygnet.
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