• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    IRONING By Navajo

    IRONING By Navajo

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    IRONING By Navajo

    IRONING By Navajo

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    5 Interesting facts about online casinos

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Operation Bluebird by Harry Old

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Family miraculously survive huge gas explosion

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Deputy Chief Medical Officer’s elderly mum receives her first dose of Covid vaccination

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Spending More Time Online? How to Make the Most of Your Time

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    Why Now More Than Ever Healthcare Needs To Go Digital

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    The Impacts of Technology in the Casino Sector

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How IoT Is Shaping The Various Aspects Of The Healthcare Industry?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    How Can Robots Take Their Place in Casinos?

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Three Elearning Trends That Point To The Importance Of Mobile Learning Solutions

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

Feathered fiend! – Vicious swan attacks rowers on the River Cam

by
April 19, 2010
in Uncategorized
0
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A vicious swan dubbed ”Mr Asbo” who attacked terrified rowers on the peaceful River Cam last summer is back with a vengeance.

Rowers are calling for the removal of the angry bird which has been terrorising canoeists, rowers and motorists on the Cam near the Green Dragon pub in Chesterton, Cambridge.

Last summer the wild beast targeted dozens of boaters on the Cam in Fen Ditton, Cambs., from single scullers up to teams of eight and even capsized one canoeist.

Terrified river users are now insisting that the swan be removed from the river before it causes serious injury.

President of the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association, Bill Key, has called for Conservators of the River Cam to ”remove the offending bird”.

He added: ”The swan situation is most serious and someone is going to be badly injured or worse – indeed a number of injuries have already occurred.”

Ashley Sparkes, 27, and his daughter Madison, seven, were beseiged by Mr Asbo as they as they paddled their inflatable dinghy along the Cam.

Ashley said: ”Madison was really scared. We were attacked twice. The second time we were not even close to him.

”We were about 200m away when he took off from the water and came at us, full speed, flapping his wings.”

But despite their ordeal, Mr Sparkes did not want the swan removed. He added: ”It’s his river after all. We’ll just have to do our best to avoid him.”

Her Majesty’s Warden of the Swans, Oxford academic Dr Christopher Perrins, said that any request to remove the swan would have to go through the monarch.

He said: ”First they speak to us as the Queen has the right to ownership of any swan.

”If, and I am sure this will be the case, she declines ownership then they must approach Natural England to get a licence to do anything.

”That would have the effect of discouraging its aggressive behaviour. We get two or three such cases a year.

”It certainly seems in this case, if he is attacking bigger boats, that he might have to be moved for his own safety and for that of other river users.”

Dr Perrins added that the swan could be moved or alternatively clipping one of its wings causing it to be thrown off balance when it launched an attack.

The conservators’ deputy manager Jonathon Wakefield said discussions were taking place about whether the swan could be removed.

He said: ”We are liaising with various governing bodies to see what the options are. We have not heard back yet what is possible.

”The standard line is it should not be moved at this time of year when they are starting to nest, but as people are complaining perhaps that is going to change.”

Grahame Madge, spokeman for the RSPB, said that the swan was simply trying to protect its territory from intruders.

He said: ”The simple explanation is that we are now in the full swing of the breeding season and swans are highly terratorial during Spring and Summer.

”Normally their behaviour is to alert other swans but sometimes they are a bit too pumped up with testosterone they will try to evict anything that comes into their territory.

”Sometimes their behaviour is a little on the excessive side so anything that comes at them on the water treated as a potential threat.

”As with all species at this time, people should just give them a wide berth. They are just protecting their own.”

Tags: attackriver camswan
Previous Post

Police investigation as yobs let down tyres on paramedics car

Next Post

New speed camera ‘SpeedSpike’ will spy on motorists with satellite technology

Next Post

New speed camera 'SpeedSpike' will spy on motorists with satellite technology

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 81 Followers
  • 43k Followers
  • 108k Subscribers
  • 22.9k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

February 23, 2021
3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

February 22, 2021

Recent News

IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

How to choose a lawyer in Latvia?

February 23, 2021
3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

3 Simple Luxuries That Can Transform Your Daily Routine

February 22, 2021
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

IRONING By Navajo

IRONING By Navajo

March 2, 2021
Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

Top 5 RTG Games to Try in Online Casinos

February 25, 2021
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.