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All Saints Church, Harbridge in the south of the square.
©Brendan and Ruth McCartney
Swans grazing on the lush grassfields of the Avon flood plain.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.1km<br/>The mute swan is Britain's only resident swan and it is quieter than the migrant species but not entirely mute as they hiss and snort when angry, and can even trumpet weakly.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.1km<br/>The three species wintering in Britain are all protected, the most familiar being he mis-named mute swan, which not only makes a musical whistling sound with its wings while flying, but also utters a variety of grunts and hisses. The mute swan is a resident breeder in Britain, nesting in inland lakes and rivers and moving only very short distances in winter. Like all swans, the mute is highly aggressive and territorial during the breeding season, using its bright white plumage for advertisement and chasing away any intruder that ventures near its large nest.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>These swans are grazing the lush grass in fields beside Churchfields Lane. Legend says that Richard the Lionheart brought the first mute swans home from Cyprus after the Third Crusade, but they were probably breeding wild in this country long before this, and gradually becoming semi-domesticated because of their value as ornamental birds and as a luxury food.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>The swan was dedicated to Apollo, the Greek god of music, which may account for the belief which has developed that when one of the birds is dying it sings, thus giving rise to the expression 'swansong'. Actually the bird makes its usual hissing sound, but there is still much faith in the belief that when one of them lays its head and neck back over its body during the daytime then a storm is on the way. Mute swans were known for centuries as 'birds royal' because only the king, or those licensed by the Royal Swanherd, could keep them. Mutes are Britain's only resident species of swan and one of the world's heaviest flying birds, weighing up to 40lbs.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>Swans can eat up to 1.2 kilos of grass per day so they can cause considerable damage to valuable grazing fields, their droppings can also cause damage to the grass and soil.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>Swans grazing on the Avon flood plain. Swan are associated with many legends and have long been regarded with respect, even reverence, by man. The three species wintering in Britain are all protected, the most familiar being he mis-named mute swan, which not only makes a musical whistling sound with its wings while flying, but also utters a variety of grunts and hisses. The mute swan is a resident breeder in Britain, nesting in inland lakes an drivers and moving only very short distances in winter. Like all swans, the mute is highly aggressive and territorial during the breeding season, using its bright white plumage for advertisement and chasing away any intruder that ventures near its large nest. Another feature of swans is the life-long pair-bond, form when the birds are three or four years old. The cygnets are brownish-grey for the first year and then gradually assume their mature dress. The aggression of breeding pairs is largely lost in winter, when flocks are often formed.
©Trish Steel
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©Basher Eyre
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©Basher Eyre
Dist:0.3km<br/>The junction of Kent Lane and Churchfield Lane.
©Trish Steel
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©Basher Eyre
Dist:0.3km<br/>Grade 2 listed building erected in the 15th century.
©Michael FORD
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©Alan hodgson
Dist:0.4km<br/>The church was rebuilt around 1830 to '40.
©Trish Steel

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