A food and craft fair has been hailed as a 'wonderful success' by organisers after more than 3,000 people attended.

The Abbotsbury Swannery held its Food and Craft Fair over the Saturday and Sunday of the bank holiday weekend.

The fair saw more than 30 stalls from local food producers from Dorset Food & Drink as well as plenty for the family to do.

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Attendees enjoyed Sharandys Birds of Prey, a shoebox garden challenge, the new Bramble Hedge at the Swannery, the Willow Swan Maze, pedal go-karts, vintage cars and not to mention live music throughout the weekend.

Swannery manager Charlie Wheeler said: “It was such a fantastic weekend at the Swannery, we welcomed over 3,000 visitors, many locals and lots of tourists.

"The fair wouldn’t be possible without Dorset Food & Drink and all the amazing growers, producers, and makers on the stalls. With the live music by local musicians to set the vibe, we hope we created a setting sympathetic to the Swannery and the growing number of swan families and fluffy cygnets.

"Thank you to everyone that came along and a special thank you to the Swannery team, shop and café staff”.

This event was held for the first time last year. The event was considered so successful that organisers made sure to make this year's fair even bigger.

Swanherd Steve Groves enjoyed trying some Ukrainian and vegan food at the stalls.

He said: "It was an outstanding success. The weather was brilliant on Saturday and not too bad on Sunday.

"We were busy running around everywhere. Overall it was a wonderful success."

Steve added that currently 200 of the 300 cygnets have hatched. The remaining 100 are are expected to keep on hatching until the end of June.

One of the busiest events of the fair was the midday feeding of the swans, where crowds gathered together and kids helped to hand out the feed.

Abbotsbury Swannery is the only place in the world where visitors are able to walk through the heart of a colony of more than 300 nesting mute swans.