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 1623 posts ·

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Swan Eggs by: Susan

Hello, I decorate eggs and someone told me that there are some swan eggs in a shop near here. I had seen the eggs when I was in the shop, which is an antique/pawn shop but thought they were some type..

Re: Vestigial claws by: The Regal Swan

Hi Amber: Great question. Our veterinarians and researchers have worked with swans for more than 40 years. Through daily handling and necropsies, we have never seen a vestigial claw on the wing of..

Vestigial claws by: Amber

I was recently told that male swans have vestigial claws on their wings. I am not having any luck finding information about this. Is it true that some swans have claws on their wings and they can use..

Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet by: The Regal Swan

Hi Vicki: Great photo. Let us know how things progress. The Regal Swan

Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet by: Vicki Robertson

Wow, thanks, great information so hopefully we will be able to keep him/her alive! I had begun feeding him/her tiny pieces of lettuce in the gold fish pond this morning and she is gobbling them up at..

Re: Feeding/raising an abandoned black swan cygnet by: The Regal Swan

Hi Vicki: You want to feed the cygnet a mixture of poultry layer pellets and cracked corn. The cracked corn may need to be crushed a little more so that it is small enough for the cygnet to eat...

Latest Swan News at the Lagoon · See all 158 posts ·

fionas letter by: stephen

Recieved your letter this morning. Thank-you. Definetly need next season off. No hesitation about that. As to whether I want to help after next year, a lot can happen in two years. All I can say is..

Re: fence construction around the nest by: Sarah Michelle

Steve: I am so sorry for what happened to you. Of all the people who visit Lost Lagoon, you are one of the most caring, one of the most generous. I always see you as an angel. What happened is very..

fence construction around the nest by: stephen

I just had a most unpleasant experience involving the vancouver police. I did the tall fencing around the one nest WITH OFFICIAL APPROVAL.As no little ones were produced and mamma had abandoned the..

Re: Save Our Swans by: Sarah

I totally agree!!!!

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 31 posts ·

Polish Mute Swan Cygnets by: Heidi

I have been lucky enough to be photographing a Mute Swan family since about three weeks before the cygnets were born. It turns out that two of the cygnets are considered Polish Mutes because of their..

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Baby swans! by: Neil

Look what we have in Salisbury UK, five baby swans, hatched a couple of days ago..enjoy!

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 28 posts ·

Lion cub rescued by his mother by: Admin

Click on the link below the picture to see what happened:

Jean Sibelius, La Valse Triste: Animation of a House Cat by: Of poignant and somber beauty.

I guess most of us somehow felt like that one day. This animation helps understand others, including cats. Suggestion: Treat this animation - which has an open end for the cat - as a lucid dream by..

Netherlands Horse Rescue 2006 by: With the wonderful music of Vangelis

October 31th 2006: More than one hundred horses were surprised by a heavy storm in the northern part of the Netherlands. 18 horses drowned, the rest of them got stuck on a very small island. People..