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Annual royal swan count underway on River Thames

(15 Jul 2024) UK SWAN UPPING SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: LENGTH: 5:14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shepperton, London, United Kingdom - 15 July 2024 1. Mid of swan on the River Thames 2. Wide of swan with cygnets 3. Wide of boats in lock awaiting the count 4. Close of flag on boat featuring a swan 5. Set up shot of David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King, on boat 6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King: "Well they've always been classed as royal birds. And all my life I've worked on the River Thames. And I've always loved swans. And it's just one of those things, and I wouldn't be doing this job if I didn't love a swan." 7. Mid of people watching the swan markers leaving 8. Low angle tracking shot of river from boat 9. Wide of swan markers rowing 10. Mid of swan markers attaching their boat for a tow 11. SOUNDBITE (English) David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King: "And of course, His Majesty, very, very keen on conservation, education and wildlife itself. So it pans out well." 12. Low angle of swan and cygnet being checked 13. Close of cygnet 14. Mid of markers checking the swans 15. Low angle close shot of swan's head 16. SOUNDBITE (English) David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King: "Yes, it was really two years ago that we had really a bad bout, let's say, of avian flu. And we lost a lot of the breeding pairs on the river. And last year was disastrous for cygnets. Naturally, we're still short of breeding pairs, so this year I can't see being much better, but the avian flu has sort of disappeared a bit more now, so we seem a bit happier about it." 17. Tracking shot of swans being released back into the river 18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King: "Well, swan upping dates right back to the 12th century, where swan was a very, very important food source then. Of course, today, swans are no longer eaten, and they're a protected species. But swan upping still takes place on the River Thames. We start off from Sunbury and we go all the way to Abingdon. And it is about monitoring the welfare of the Thames swans." 19. Tracking shot of markers rowing their boat 20. Mid of markers rowing boat 21. SOUNDBITE (English) David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King: "Each family of swans we come across, we will actually put the skiffs round them in a large circle. We work the skiffs in closer and closer together. Then we can lift the family of swans from the water. We take them ashore. We will weigh the young cygnets. We will measure them. And most importantly, we check them for injuries." 22. Wide of swans on the river 23. Mid of swan and cygnets under bridge 24. Mid of David Barber in boat with markers 25. Wide of the Swan pub in Staines 26. Close of sign with swan 27. Various of dogs in boat LEADIN: The annual count of swans belonging to King Charles III has begun on the River Thames. The five day event is known as 'swan upping' and dates back to the 12th century. STORYLINE: A swan puts on a show in the waters of the Thames. These majestic birds are being counted as part of an annual tradition. Boats - or skiffs - are packed with swan markers, the people who will do the job. They are led by David Barber, swan marker to his Majesty the King. "Well they've always been classed as royal birds. And all my life I've worked on the River Thames. And I've always loved swans. And it's just one of those things, and I wouldn't be doing this job if I didn't love a swan," he says. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...