The cygnets on the pond at Eyre Street are just hatching. One cygnet with mum still sitting on at least one egg. In the morning dad kept pushing the cygnet back up onto the nesting mound but by the afternoon they were out exploring the pond, while mum was looking quite hot and bothered still sitting on the nest, standing up quite often to check on her egg.
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