tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post3025648032414741777..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Black SwansRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-63591214026450453362015-02-14T22:27:19.825+00:002015-02-14T22:27:19.825+00:00Nice to evoke a memory McDave!Nice to evoke a memory McDave!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-2208625224771417322015-02-14T22:10:31.963+00:002015-02-14T22:10:31.963+00:00Visited my Mother's family on Rathen Road in 1...Visited my Mother's family on Rathen Road in 1954, when I was five. One of my memories remaining from that is of the black swans on the lake at Fog Lane. They were scary if we didn't bring bread. Someone must be keeping a tradition alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-60670096296421149882014-12-26T08:24:20.433+00:002014-12-26T08:24:20.433+00:00Perhaps they were aggressive Rick because they suf...Perhaps they were aggressive Rick because they suffered ignorant abuse in a suburban park.<br />I remember you have told me that your early parks experience coincided with my own. In Hartlepool we just had ducks!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-53020980203065833572014-12-25T17:36:23.935+00:002014-12-25T17:36:23.935+00:00Really digging into my memory here Roger but the f...Really digging into my memory here Roger but the first full-time job I had was at Fog Lane Park Manchester circa.1963 where we had a pair of Black Swans which I think were a gift to the city of Manchester from Australia, possibly Perth. I remember some years later reading that they had been killed, I think, by vandals but can't quite remember the exact circumstances. I do remember that we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-33819925652025749212014-12-24T19:03:57.421+00:002014-12-24T19:03:57.421+00:00As to your first question there are references to ...As to your first question there are references to hybridisation in captivity but they seem somewhat vague.<br />Black swans will appear in my hybridity series but as examples of ignored evidence by neo Darwinians! Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-65773514485004775752014-12-24T18:39:59.847+00:002014-12-24T18:39:59.847+00:00Too busy riding my reindeer tonight!Too busy riding my reindeer tonight!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-20719916107152396072014-12-24T09:57:22.447+00:002014-12-24T09:57:22.447+00:00PS Hope that you didn't try riding one :)PS Hope that you didn't try riding one :)Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-20608577912534547042014-12-24T09:56:03.123+00:002014-12-24T09:56:03.123+00:00Lovely images. We often see black swans at the loc...Lovely images. We often see black swans at the local RSPB reserve. A friend once told me that she had seen a bird that looked like a swan but that it was black, She asked if I knew what it was. Swans don't seem to hybridise like ducks do - do they? Although there is a species of swan that is white with a black neck imaginatively dammed a black necked swan.<br /><br />A warden at a reserve Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-68900039387354720602014-12-23T19:45:15.066+00:002014-12-23T19:45:15.066+00:00I wish we had some of those on Fleet pond! Lovely ...I wish we had some of those on Fleet pond! Lovely birds.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-56894572709263140922014-12-23T19:08:02.001+00:002014-12-23T19:08:02.001+00:00Gorgeous pictures of black swans and thanks for th...Gorgeous pictures of black swans and thanks for the story.Janneke https://www.blogger.com/profile/11056916431881916066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-55538584526042501722014-12-23T17:28:42.751+00:002014-12-23T17:28:42.751+00:00Superb blog, great picturesSuperb blog, great picturesPaul Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536724132824746239noreply@blogger.com