Getting ready to make a splash
Cygnets hatching at Abbotsbury Swannery have been placed in special rearing pens so they can learn to swim in a sheltered spot.
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High-tech computerised egg to aid swan research
Scientists from Oxford University have created a computerised egg to discover how cygnets develop during incubation.
Researchers will monitor the device after placing it with swans and their eggs at the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset.
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