The Mail reported several swans had died as a result of the illness back in November.
But now a group of adult swans and two cygnets have settled in the water and are being kept under the watchful eye of Ulverston’s ‘swan lady’ Caroline Sim, who tends to them twice a day.
She said: “There was a terrible vacuum with 16 dead and to our joy the flock that hang out on the bay came in. I think people feel a little less awful now rather than coming down the canal and not seeing any swans, and it being a reminder that so many had died.