In reply to Post #13
I only know because a lake I fished had a huge male and one day I saw it drowning the female.The lake owner said he had killed his partner before.I don't know if it is true but this one had definitely had enough.Can you imagine if we could do that, lcome on love I'm taking you a walk down the canal
I only know because a lake I fished had a huge male and one day I saw it drowning the female.The lake owner said he had killed his partner before.I don't know if it is true but this one had definitely had enough.Can you imagine if we could do that, lcome on love I'm taking you a walk down the canal
In reply to Post #16
I've seen them have hold of others by the neck trying to drown them but have never seen one finish the task
Agree Braders, I bet your lass would love to throw you in
I've seen them have hold of others by the neck trying to drown them but have never seen one finish the task
Agree Braders, I bet your lass would love to throw you in
In reply to Post #17
If I went in there would be no water left to drown me in
If I went in there would be no water left to drown me in
In reply to Post #17
The holding of the neck is also part of the mating ritual and can take place at any time...what a way to go!
EDIT, after a quick search Hannibal the Swan
The holding of the neck is also part of the mating ritual and can take place at any time...what a way to go!
EDIT, after a quick search Hannibal the Swan
In reply to Post #19
Are you one of them weirdos who likes to be strangled while being ****ed
Are you one of them weirdos who likes to be strangled while being ****ed
In reply to Post #18
Crackers
Crackers
In reply to Post #19
Wow, sounds like he got a bit carried away that lad!
Saying that they are funny things birds, light as a feather, pardon the pun, but can be quite powerful. Nasty bird then in this case. Like I mentioned below this time of they year they will have had most of the others off by now but they are trance like when they are in fight mode and it's endless
Tell you what I always used to think, imagine a coot the size of a swan
All they seem to do is scrap all day long, they do like a drama
Wow, sounds like he got a bit carried away that lad!
Saying that they are funny things birds, light as a feather, pardon the pun, but can be quite powerful. Nasty bird then in this case. Like I mentioned below this time of they year they will have had most of the others off by now but they are trance like when they are in fight mode and it's endless
Tell you what I always used to think, imagine a coot the size of a swan
All they seem to do is scrap all day long, they do like a drama
In reply to Post #1
I was fishing the Coppermill Stream at Walthamstow three years back and saw the female swan holding a Canada goose by the tail feathers and the male swan literally stood on the body of the goose and between the pair of them drowned it.
The whole thing took about five minutes.
Awful to see but it's just nature.
I was fishing the Coppermill Stream at Walthamstow three years back and saw the female swan holding a Canada goose by the tail feathers and the male swan literally stood on the body of the goose and between the pair of them drowned it.
The whole thing took about five minutes.
Awful to see but it's just nature.
In reply to Post #23
I used to watch the swans on my lake every day for 11 years in France, we had a pair on the lake which were there before I was there and the same pair are there now 8 years after I sold up. The male was vicious and didn´t take any prisoners, if any other swans tried to land on the lake they didn´t stay there long by choice or by misfortune! It was fascinating to watch the cygnets being taught how to fly and then when they could they had to move , never saw the pair of swans kill the ducks or coots though!
I used to watch the swans on my lake every day for 11 years in France, we had a pair on the lake which were there before I was there and the same pair are there now 8 years after I sold up. The male was vicious and didn´t take any prisoners, if any other swans tried to land on the lake they didn´t stay there long by choice or by misfortune! It was fascinating to watch the cygnets being taught how to fly and then when they could they had to move , never saw the pair of swans kill the ducks or coots though!
We had a swan called Arnie , had a very thick neck and looked like it was on steroids .
This horrible bird killed all the Canada geese young year after year .
It was bulked up by a diet of boilies and probably E numbers , it would explain it being deranged .
Then one year the Canada geese with their young was resting in my swim and this Arnie landed from a high flight trajectory slap bang in my swim .
The Canada geese rounded up their young while one squared up to Arnie while the other with the young made a retreat out the back of the swim .
This geese squaring up to Arnie was losing feathers. and being on the receiving end of a good biting and beating that got me so pissed off that I had a go at the swan as this bag of crap had murdered far too many young chicks .
Rather than be cruel and give it a dry slap I egged 🥚 it with two large ones .
It spent the rest of the day sulking cleaning it's feathers .
Obviously it will upset PC brigade but on another water anglers dealt with them permanently.
They should be culled as far too many of them .
Up Newbury along the canals you can't walk into town as they attack you , hundreds of them .
All the other bird life suffers on any lake with poxy swans .
Watching them kill for the sake of it after other birds trying to look after their young you have to draw a line .
Some lakes they dare not land and disappear strangely , some members just won't tolerate them and move them on .
Arnie was the only one that pissed me off as it was a pure killing machine .
He was later found in the bushes and the foxes 🦊 obviously feasted on him .
Nature is a cruel world when you witness what goes on .
This horrible bird killed all the Canada geese young year after year .
It was bulked up by a diet of boilies and probably E numbers , it would explain it being deranged .
Then one year the Canada geese with their young was resting in my swim and this Arnie landed from a high flight trajectory slap bang in my swim .
The Canada geese rounded up their young while one squared up to Arnie while the other with the young made a retreat out the back of the swim .
This geese squaring up to Arnie was losing feathers. and being on the receiving end of a good biting and beating that got me so pissed off that I had a go at the swan as this bag of crap had murdered far too many young chicks .
Rather than be cruel and give it a dry slap I egged 🥚 it with two large ones .
It spent the rest of the day sulking cleaning it's feathers .
Obviously it will upset PC brigade but on another water anglers dealt with them permanently.
They should be culled as far too many of them .
Up Newbury along the canals you can't walk into town as they attack you , hundreds of them .
All the other bird life suffers on any lake with poxy swans .
Watching them kill for the sake of it after other birds trying to look after their young you have to draw a line .
Some lakes they dare not land and disappear strangely , some members just won't tolerate them and move them on .
Arnie was the only one that pissed me off as it was a pure killing machine .
He was later found in the bushes and the foxes 🦊 obviously feasted on him .
Nature is a cruel world when you witness what goes on .
My club lake has one very dominant aggressive swan. Always seems to be peeved off about something, constantly charging from one end to the other seeing off various other birds.
Was quite funny last year as a massive group (im talking around 60) Canadian geese decided to try and make home on the water and he literally kept them all pinned into a tiny bay at one end. Got to the point in the middle of summer when the bites were mostly at night we were betting how far they would work there way down the lake before he'd come and "round them up"
Have never seen him attack anything though, all the other birds just stay well clear!
Was quite funny last year as a massive group (im talking around 60) Canadian geese decided to try and make home on the water and he literally kept them all pinned into a tiny bay at one end. Got to the point in the middle of summer when the bites were mostly at night we were betting how far they would work there way down the lake before he'd come and "round them up"
Have never seen him attack anything though, all the other birds just stay well clear!
In reply to Post #26
That's an interesting one Canada geese. As much as I am a wildlife lover they are not native to this country and some waters near me, one in particular they are like vermin. far, far, far too many. There are a couple of flocks that seem to come on the water, probably well over 100 birds. There is goose crap everywhere and I mean everywhere, it's disgusting. This is when there needs to be a bit of sensible management for me
That's an interesting one Canada geese. As much as I am a wildlife lover they are not native to this country and some waters near me, one in particular they are like vermin. far, far, far too many. There are a couple of flocks that seem to come on the water, probably well over 100 birds. There is goose crap everywhere and I mean everywhere, it's disgusting. This is when there needs to be a bit of sensible management for me
In reply to Post #26
I can just remember my Mum pushing my younger brother in his pram around a local park. I could have only been 5 or 6. There were a couple of swans on the lake, and one of them reared up and came hissing across the lake straight at my old Mum. It stopped just short of attacking her.
She was terrified, didn't do a lot for me either.
I've never really trusted swans since then.
Give me a nice moorhen any day of the week.
I can just remember my Mum pushing my younger brother in his pram around a local park. I could have only been 5 or 6. There were a couple of swans on the lake, and one of them reared up and came hissing across the lake straight at my old Mum. It stopped just short of attacking her.
She was terrified, didn't do a lot for me either.
I've never really trusted swans since then.
Give me a nice moorhen any day of the week.
In reply to Post #25
Was the the same Arnie from the pan Fred ?
Was the the same Arnie from the pan Fred ?
Hooked a big cob in the foot last year. Flapped a bit coming in but when I caught hold of him by the leg he just went all limp and pathetic. Took the hook out and he scuttled off. Lot of show, no go.