Also, while swans are the property of the Crown in most of the United Kingdom, they are the property of the people in the Orkney Islands according to Udal Law [

Also, while swans are the property of the Crown in most of the United Kingdom, they are the property of the people in the Orkney Islands according to Udal Law [0]: > Today, the Queen still has ownership of all swans in the UK except in one small corner of the British Isles - the Orkney Isles. > Under Udal Law, the ancient Norse system of inheritance and law, which the Viking settlers brought to Orkney, the swan is the property of the people, rather than the Crown. > The case was proven in 1910 by a Kirkwall lawyer who, accompanied by his friend, the Procurator-Fiscal, went out to Harray Loch and shot a swan. The case went to the High Court and the Crown lost. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20160725172726/http://www.scotsman.com/news/sir-peter-s-taste-for-swan-has-him-fall-foul-of-law-1-740320 https://web.archive.org/web/20160725172726/http://www.scotsm...