Swan upping on the River Thames

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Swan upping on the River Thames The swan uppers of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The Worshipful Company of Dyers and The Vintners Company gather their skiff together to capture and mark cygnets near Cookham The cygnets and adult swans are caught and placed in the skiffs prior to being ringed and weighed They are then released together back onto the river

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Size: 5050px × 3367px
Location: Cookham, Berkshire
Photo credit: © M & J Bloomfield / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: annual, boats, ceremony, cookham, cygnet, dyers, elizabeth, july, oars, oarsman, queen, queens, river, rivers, rowing, royal, skiffs, summer, summertime, swan, swans, thames, uk, upping, vintners