The annual tradition of counting of swans is going on on the Tems River.
Counting – Swan is known as Opeting – the river has a royal census of birds and is back in the 12th century.
This is designed to guess the health of their population, and is done in July every July.
It began at the Sunbury Lock at Middlesex on Monday and will end at the Abblingdon Bridge in Oxfordshire on Friday, passing through several places including Henley, Stinging and Caversham.
This year’s Swan Marker, David Barber said that in the last two cases, a “recession” was shown in the cycle number as a result of bird flu.
“Fortunately, in recent months there has been a decrease in cases of Tames region river,” he said.
“Young signets will also benefit from the condition of the recent weeks quiet river as they learn to navigate the waterway with their parents.”
After the incident, he will prepare an annual report with the results.
