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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jacob Phillips

Homeless 'swan whisperer' banned from Hyde Park after fight over him hugging birds

Anders Fernstedt is known by locals near Hyde Park as the ‘swan whisperer’ - (REUTERS)

A homeless man known as the “swan whisperer” has been banned from Hyde Park after ramming a woman with a bicycle in a row over the birds.

Anders Fernstedt, 57, clashed with neighbours after he “stroked, cuddled and kissed” the swans in the central London park.

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