In the video above the Queen’s men, and the Vintners and Dyers teams, make a toast to the Queen at the end of the five day annual swan upping census.

The census ends at Abingdon Bridge where a crowd had been waiting in the rain.

Some people found places to shelter during the wait.

There is no set time for their arrival. It takes as long as it takes and the swan uppers arrived at about 5:30 pm. They had caught  and inspected 147 swans (if my hearing is correct) and that meant they were kept busy.

They deserved their drop of rum after all their efforts to count and maintain the swan population.