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Article: Royal swan upping 2007.
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- June 13, 2007
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 June 2007-UK Government: Royal swan upping 2007(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:12062007
Swan Upping, the annual census of the swan population on a particular stretch of the River Thames, was announced today by David Barber, The Queen's Swan Marker.
This year's Swan Upping will begin on Monday 16th July at Sunbury-on-Thames and end at Abingdon, Oxfordshire on Friday 20th July.
The ceremony of Swan Upping dates from the twelfth century and takes place during the third week of July every year. It has always been the duty of the Sovereign's Swan Marker to count the number of young cygnets each year and ensure that ...