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SWANNERY
The large swannery of Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) at Abbotsbury is kept down to about 800 pairs by the Swanherd, a remainder of the Middle Ages when swanswere regularly served at banquets.
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The swannery is home to probably the second largest herd of Mute Swans in Europe.
LINTON COTTAGE
John Harman, as well as running Linton Cottage as a hotel is a bee keeper. He has set up a small glass demonstration hive in the dining room of the hotel, connected by a tube to the exterior, which contains some 5,000 bees.
To the south-west of the village, near the beach, are strip lynchetts (click here for arial photograph).
FISHERY
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