Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Meanwhile… I’ve been trekking in the foothills of the High Atlas mountains. 5594
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Bath time for Mrs Newbie. Returned from a week away to just 4 cygnets although from now on this lot should be big enough to make it. 🤞🏻 4844
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Life is full of 🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢 and 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ and 🚣 and 🔨 💍 but I’ll update from time to time. Here’s a bit of Monty & Cecil for you. They offer hours of amusement. 8904
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I do generally update more on insta stories these days as actually I don’t find 🦋 as interactive as twitter was, so spend less time here. 7745
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Currently five cygnets. This is tough but this is nature. 4665
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This is from a couple of days ago. Unfortunately we are down to 7 cygnets now. This is just nature. There are lots of things that can predate them when they are so small. 5733
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 06/05/2025It was all going so well until two seconds later when the kitten decided Bertie’s tail looked fun to play with. They all jumped two foot in the air and scattered in all directions. 1612
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Bert 🐈⬛ is like the awkward kid in the playground that wants to join in the game but not sure how. This is an improvement from just running away if the kittens looked at him. 0371
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 06/05/2025One of two new additions. Monty a rescue from local rescue ARC. #adoptdontshop 7752
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 05/05/2025When my friend was at my house yesterday... (I’m most definitely not a curator of swans 😂) 912112
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 05/05/2025All eight still thriving. That little pickle on the ramp eventually worked out it was better to walk to the top and go across the flat bit. 41297
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 04/05/20252025 cygnets 2nd May 7/8 hatched 3rd May No 8 hatched 5851
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Clever little fluffers always work out how to use the ramp. This ramp has been used successfully for a few years now. 1013310
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 04/05/2025If you see any video, and don’t count 8 cygnets, please check back in older posts before commenting that that you ‘can only see… cygnets’. I’ll be sure to tell you if we lose any. At this stage they are very vulnerable to all sorts of predators including very large fish, magpies, crows, foxes etc 7815
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 04/05/2025All eight hatched. One 24 hours after the others so it’s only a day old, and busy trying to keep up with its older siblings. And yes it does catch up to them in the water. 1836843
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025She has sat ceaselessly for the incubating period. No help from the Mr. She must be so hot and thirsty. A really quick in and out dip for her. The babies normally go on the water in the first 24 hours. In my experience dawn tomorrow for the first dip. 141169
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It’s hatching day! I’ve only had a couple of glimpses so don’t know if all 8 have hatched yet. 1019017
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 01/05/2025What’s his problem? (Sound up.) *Either Bert was looking at him or he was cross I moved the bird feed that he’d knocked to the ground or both. 2622
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 01/05/2025A good view of Mrs Newbie turning her eggs. 514710
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Just checked back and think Mrs Newbie has been incubating for 28 or 29 days. Typical incubation is 35-41 days. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚 0471
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Scenes from the nest just now. Won’t be too many days until they hatch now. 714013
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 28/04/2025These green Prehnites always remind me of Spring. 1294
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Mr Newbie 🦢 ‘She hasn’t let me in this end of the garden for weeks.’ 2712
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Mr Newbie 🦢 ‘Hrrrmmmppphhhh. I don’t think much of this swan barrier.’ 1602
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Mrs Newbie turning her eggs. These will hatch early May. 4791
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 24/04/2025#spyswan is back. I had given them their own end of the garden with the swan barrier up, but he circumnavigated it today. (Mr Newbie. He’s a wild, wild swan and he’s a good nest protector which will make for an interesting year! 5875
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I visited some friends in Northern France. This woodland is next to their house and is full of wild garlic or Bear’s garlic as they call it. 1502
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The park looking lovely on my way home last night. 0320
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Cycling home past the Fallow deer. 🦌 0430
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Rustic grey sapphire hand made rings. 2484
Reposted by Charlotte BezzantRobert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A 450-yo oak is felled without permission by a Toby Carvery (don’t eat there), who falsely claimed it was "dead". A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces. Legal protection for heritage trees needed. enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...enfielddispatch.co.ukToby Carvery admits felling ancient Whitewebbs oak treeThe owner of the pub chain falsely claimed the tree was dead as justification for the felling which has shocked local people and prompted outrage from conservationists across the country 42713276
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Just because you haven’t seen Bert here for a while… 5691
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Sent this to the crew I was supposed to be rowing with this morning to show them that perhaps we shouldn’t brave the river today. 1290
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Bit windy out. 💨 🦢 (As a rule you shouldn’t approach a swan’s nest as it could cause stress. Mrs Newbie 🦢 hatched here & is not concerned by me being near as you can see.) 9802
Charlotte Bezzant @charlottebezzant.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Spot Mr Newbie in flight. He’s frequently found about this height seeing off a goose! Makes for quite comedic viewing from the sofa, seeing him hot on the tail of a Canada goose, nearly close enough to bite its tail feathers. Fast & furious, and hard to catch on camera. 3772
