List of Swallows and Amazons Characters - Animal Characters

Animal Characters

  • Polly - Ship's parrot, given to Titty by Captain Flint at the end of Swallows and Amazons. Also features in Peter Duck, Swallowdale and Missee Lee.
  • Gibber - Ship's monkey, promised to Roger by Captain Flint at the end of Swallows and Amazons. Only features in Peter Duck and Missee Lee, in Swallowdale he is referred to as being on holiday at the zoo
  • Sinbad - Ship's kitten, rescued by John when found clinging to a chicken coop in the middle of the North Sea during We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, he also features in Secret Water
  • William — the noble and heroic Pug who braved the mud to save the crew of the Teasel from starvation on Breydon Water in Coot Club; also in The Big Six
  • Bess — Jacky Warriner's sheepdog in The Picts and the Martyrs
  • Roy — the Dixon's sheepdog in Winter Holiday


Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome
  • Swallows and Amazons
  • Swallowdale
  • Peter Duck
  • Winter Holiday
  • Coot Club
  • Pigeon Post
  • We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
  • Secret Water
  • The Big Six
  • Missee Lee
  • The Picts and the Martyrs
  • Great Northern?
  • Coots in the North
  • Characters
  • Places
  • Boats

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