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Cable works to save swans — in pictures
Thursday 29th October 2009, 8:00PM GMT.
Some of the Newport canal's resident swans
Engineers were today carrying out urgent works on live overhead electricity cables in Newport to save the lives of eight young cygnets living underneath.
Workers from power distribution firm Central Networks were installing “bird diverters” on overhead cables above Newport Canal to stop the baby swans from flying into them as they attempt to flee the nest.
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