The Great Swan Feed

Between Christmas and the New Year I thoroughly enjoyed being at Worcester’s annual Great Swan Feed.

It was an absolute pleasure, to be out on a fairly sunny day, with lots of residents and visitors to feed many, many swans.

Close up, I find you can really appreciate how majestic the swans are.

Chair and co-ordinator Marilyn McCarthy heads up the city’s Swan Food Project and works year-round with volunteers, to feed and support our swans on our River Severn.

Also to educate people on all things about swans and how best to care for them.

Marilyn was particularly patient with all my questions.

Thank you to Brown’s Restaurant for kindly serving a group of volunteers, my consort and myself, with some free dainty and delicious sweet treats and plenty of tea and coffee, as a thank you, for being volunteers and supporting the swans.

The refreshments were very much needed and appreciated, even on a partially sunny day, the air is cold in December.

I had attended the same event last year as Deputy Mayor, but the weather was atrocious and the River Severn had already flooded.

Understandably less people were out last year, but we did manage to feed a lot of swans from the water’s edge outside of Brown’s Restaurant.

It is 2025 and many of us will be making New Years’ Resolutions.

If you have a little or a lot of spare time, or something in between, I fully recommend volunteering for the Swan Food Project.

Volunteers are always needed and there are lots of jobs that need doing, including feeding the swans.

You can make contact via the website www.theswanfoodproject.co.uk/about-us/

Or if you prefer to contact in person, please feel free to contact me via the Civic Office and we can pass on your telephone number.