Lorraine on the radio
Lorraine went on BBC Radio Berkshire this morning to talk about the regatta with Debbie McGee.
Swan Support
Early on Monday morning I was getting my oars and single scull ready for an outing. There were two swans on the middle of the larger pontoon. As I walked up, one of the swans swam away but the other stayed sitting down. She stayed sitting even while my stern was next to her, but she was trying to shuffle away as if she had a broken leg. She was still sitting there when I got back from my outing an hour later.
I wasn’t sure what to do, but when I got to work I looked on the internet for a swan sanctuary and came up with Swan Support in Datchet. I got in touch and they had a rescuer at the pontoon in 90 minutes. Unfortunately the swan swam away, so they had to get a boat to come, but they caught her after a couple of hours. She had a huge gash in her side above the leg and below the wing.
They took her back to their base and tried to save her, but had to put her down as the injury was too severe and infection had set deep into the tissues. Tragic, but at least she had no cygnets and she suffered less.
If you see sick or injured swans, please contact Swan Support on 07968 868172 or info@swansupport.org.uk. They are open 24/7 and I was very impressed with their response time and dedication to caring for the swan.
Boathouse update
Lorraine and Ros have written a newsletter to bring everyone up to date with the history and current situation with the new boathouse project.
There will be more newsletters in the coming months so plenty of opportunity to find out more and get involved.
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