Finally a brood in Leith

Thank you to Mike for the following good news story;

You may recall that the female Mute Swan at Leith died earlier this year, and we feared that there would be no breeding in the area for the first time in many years. But the male (ringed ISS) managed quite quickly to find a new mate IJY, we think from St Margaret's Loch. By the end of May she had started to lay, eventually producing 5 eggs in the nest under Bernard Street Bridge, and we were delighted that on 10 July all five hatched.  This is quite late in the breeding season, but we keep our fingers crossed for the youngsters.

Comments

[andy]

Thanks for the update.... this is great news!
We have been watching the nest from our office on the opposite bank since she started laying in May and were really worried that it was too late.
She was turning the eggs on Friday and when we arrived on Monday to see an empty nest we feared the worst.