Weymouth boasts of a place I've never seen before: a swannery, located in the very lovely little village of Abbotsbury. This was a natural nesting area for swans to begin with, and the park was lightly and sensitively developed so as not to disturb the birds. Park employees regularly feed the feathery lovelies to further assure their contentment. As a result, the birds are quite used to human visitors, even when they're nesting. From personal experience, it appears thy have a security zone around their nests of about a foot in diameter; you can get quite close, but at 1 foot distance you'll get nipped. The swans are massive, and with their wings fully extended, they're actually a bit scary. But the are rapturously beautiful and David and I were quite entranced by them. Enjoy!
(For some odd reason I had a devil of a time getting the brightness and detail right on these,
still I think you get the general feel of the swannery.)
an artillery detachment down to the dock to make sure we left.
