The Swans of Stanley Park

Welcome to The Swans of Stanley Park and to their home, Lost Lagoon, in Vancouver, Canada. We hope this site will bring you closer to this most special part of the wildlife through the year, and will delight as well as inform. Don't miss our Ask The Swan Specialist board where our visitors from around the world are welcome to ask questions about swans to the Regal Swan® Foundation. Also, see a close-up of our mute swans and life around them. Scroll down to see the latest messages of our 6 message boards and our swan slide show.

Ask the Swan Specialist · See all 2428 posts ·

Re: Incubation by: The Regal Swan

Hi Julie: Incubation usually is counted by the swan after the last egg is laid. The Regal Swan

Re: Male swan left female for another by: The Regal Swan

Hi Julia: If the swans were there for only 6 months and they have not successfully bred, then a divorce can occur. It is a human conception that all swan mate for life. In fact, this attribute is..

Male swan left female for another by: Julia

I live on a small lake where there has been two resident black swans (male & female pair) for at least six months. They are quite territorial as usually chase away any other visiting swans. I..

Incubation by: Julie

Hi, I have been watching two Mute Swans nesting and I know for a fact that she started sitting on the eggs when she only had two. Do you go by when she first starts laying on the eggs or after the..

Re: 4 Eggs vanished of Swan couple sitting beside empty nest by: The Regal Swan

Hi Friedrich: A predator could have gotten the eggs such as a human, fox, dog, cat, bird, etc. There is also the possibility that the swans knew something was wrong with the eggs and rolled them from..

Re: orphaned baby swans by: The Regal Swan

Hi Holly: How big are the cygnets? Are they smaller than a duck? If so, then they may be in danger of predation. If they are larger than a duck, i.e., half the size of the parents, then, they may..

orphaned baby swans by: Holly

There are five baby swan at the lake I walk. I have been watching and there is no adult with them,at any time. What would be the best approach to capture them to take to a wildlife rehab.

Latest Swan News at the Lagoon · See all 164 posts ·

Nest fence pulled by photographer by: Stephen

Now I saw a photographer pull the top of the fence down with one hand while on his tip toes while barely holding the camera with his other hand just to get his picture. If he had dropped it, he would..

Re: nest fences by: Michelle

I will also be so happy when the swans are gone. This is so cruel to pinion swans and to keep them in a hostile environment like Lost Lagoon.

nest fences by: Stephen

I had forgotten after 3 nesting seasons of not doing the fence the ignorance and disrespect of people towards the swans. Parents allow their young children to pull and tug on the fencing. Somehow..

Re: Do we have a black swans in Stanley Park, as suggested by Lorna Crozier in her poem? by: Fiona Sinclair, Swan Volunteer at Lost Lagoon

Hi, Nick Many thanks for your question. At one time, there were several Australian black swans (Cygnus atratus) on Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, but they eventually disappeared. An article in the..

Alerts · See all 30 posts ·

Dial 311 for emergencies at Lost Lagoon by: Admin

The Vancouver Parks Rangers tell me that the new 311 number of the City of Vancouver can be used for emergencies at Lost Lagoon. For example: - If you see an injured swan, call 311 and ask to speak..

Swan Stories Worldwide · See all 38 posts ·

Mating Pair of Mutes Needs New Home by: Jim R

Our neighborhood near Atlanta Georgia has a pair of mating swans which need a new home. We have three lakes and they are fighting with the swans on the other lakes. These swans are very territorial..

Swan called me overhead... by: mary

I have just seen your stories on swans. I would like to tell you about something i felt would never happen. I live near a wildlife area with a lovely pond there are two swans male and female. The..

For sale: Bronze statue of a lifesize mute swan by: Rosi

I have just completed a bronze of a life-size mute swan. It is called Cedric Swan. It is on Brac stone from Croatia and could hold 2 men standing on it. It weighs about a quarter of a tonne. It has..

Swans Through the Seasons · See all 114 posts ·

Royal swan fight by: Just trying to kill each other!

I got down to the Lagoon on Sunday Nov 27 and things were pretty calm - Tristan and Isolde came up to eat at this end. Then... Bijan came closer - he must have been pretty hungry, and decided he'd..

Mama & Papa Swan's Adventures by: Swans 10 - Raccoon 0

Mama and Papa Swan sailed proudly along the channel at their end of the lagoon. They have enough feathers to look regal, as long as Papa doesn’t try to raise his wings too high – they ARE still a bit..

Summer Swans by: It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Today is cool and raining, and although that doesn’t put a smile on many visitors’ faces, it’s a happy fleet of swans we see scattered across the lagoon, bouncing on the windswept waves. During the..

Summer Swans by: Help! Extreme Makeover Needed

It’s early summer and most of the Lost Lagoon swans are slipping into their just-kick-back-and-relax look, but some take that fashion much farther than others. First, it’s the season when they root..

Summer Swans by: Mama Swan Back to Her Routines & Some Fun

With Mama Swan completely off the nest and back to her normal routine, her appetite’s slowly returning and she’s enjoying lots of leisure time on the water. That is, if you can count pedaling at top..

Other Animals and Nature · See all 31 posts ·

The horse that paints by: Admin

New video of this amazing horse (click on the link below)

Baby elephant saved from water well by: Admin

"Members of the Amboseli Trust, an elephant welfare and conservation group, rescued a baby elephant trapped in a water well in Kenya." See Baby run to Mom after the rescue. There is a..

Justin paints by: Justin the Artistic Horse

This talented painter doesn't paint horses, but he is a horse. Paintings by Justin The Artistic Horse, began with my horse Justin’s natural ability to pick up objects and play with them. As a visual..