I live right on the banks of the river Tay in North Fife. For the last few days there has been a cygnet on the beach infront of our house. It quite clearly has a severe case of angel wing on both sides, the new feathers are coming through and sticking out at right angles from the body. The parents are hanging around further upstream but there are no signs of any other cygnets so i'm guessing the others have all left home. I would say it is almost fully grown. I was hoping for people's opinions on whether or not to intervene. It is super tame, it will take food from my hand and will let me stroke it. I am sure it will live quite happily in my field alongside my ducks, fenced in away from dogs, but I am not sure if it would be ethical to remove it from the wild.
Nicola