A HOMELESS “swan whisperer”; has been banned from entering Hyde Park after a row erupted over his relationship with the park’s swans.
Anders Fernstedt, 57, had a furious row with a woman after she complained about him kissing and cuddling the .
Bird lovers saw Anders, who sleeps rough on the doorstep of a mansion in Knightsbridge, picking up, kissing and stroking the swans.
They took issue with Anders “interfering”; with the at the Round Pond near Kensington Palace.
Anders got into an altercation with two individuals who tried to stop him from , ramming his bicycle into one of them after she refused to stop filming him.
The incident in 2023 saw Virginia Grey, a local resident, and Jon Ferguson, a swan volunteer, confront Anders.
Grey filmed the argument and when she refused to stop Anders branded her “Hitler”; before .
Jon Ferguson then tried to apprehend Anders with the two ending up in a fight, rolling around on the ground.
Mr Ferguson reportedly required stitches on the inside of his mouth and painkillers after the scrap.
Following the on the ground between the two men Anders came back and attacked Ferguson again, kicking him in the ribs and torso.
The incident saw the “swan whisperer”; appear at Southwark crown court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He was found by a jury and has been handed a 15-month community order with a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
The judge also imposed a restraining order on Anders preventing him from entering Kensington Gardens or Hyde Park and stopping him from contacting Ferguson or Grey for two years.
Anders was well known in the , dubbed the “swan whisperer”; by residents.
Some time ago he began living on the front steps of a £210 million mansion on Rutland Gate.
Residents have reportedly given him books, trinkets and clothes, its said he has even been , a £500Armani jacket and a Savile Row overcoat.
Anders represented himself in court and cross-examined Grey, asking why she was concerned about his interactions with the swans.
Grey said: “Birds go to anybody who has food. If you go regularly enough they recognise you.
“They will always come over looking for food. It is not because they think you are fantastic.
“But you stroke them, you cuddle them, you kiss them, you pick them up. That is , and disturbing them. It is not natural.”;
In passing sentence the judge, David Etherington, said: “Mr Ferguson tried to apprehend you but in doing so he fell backward and pulled you over onto the ground and there was a tussle on the ground.
“You then came back and further , clearly with blows to the face and he says by kicking his ribcage and torso.”;
Etherington added when explaining how the argument began: “The sad thing is all three of you have an interest in the welfare of birds but different views about how this should be achieved.”;
Mr Ferguson reportedly warned Anders about touching the swans several times, siting an outbreak of .
Anders ignored the swan volunteers warnings and continued to play with the swans.
He denied the charge of .
