A whooper of a love story

WHOOPER swans Romeo and Julietta are in the news.

Like most of their tribe they would spend the summer in Iceland. In winter they moved to Britain, where their preferred haunt is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney in Norfolk.

As is the case with swan couples generally, the two are devoted to each other. All was rosy in the garden until a year ago.