Abbotsbury Swannery (1)

PeteOctober 15, 2014October 15, 2014Birds, Dorset, Natural History, UK

Abbotsbury Swannery (1)

The Swannery at Abbotsbury in Dorset was established by Benedictine monks in the 11th century as a farm to produce birds for food. The Monastery was destroyed in the 16th century and the swannery passed into the hands of the Ilchester estate. It is now run as a bird sanctuary and tourist attraction.

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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history. View all posts by Pete

2 Comments

sed30 says:

October 15, 2014 at 22:40

Reblogged this on sed30's Blog and commented:
A must visit

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Our Growing Paynes says:

October 16, 2014 at 20:51

I love visiting this place! The kids loved the feeding of the swans. 🙂

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