  Equilibrium properties and localised magnon excitations are investigated in
topologically distinct skyrmionic textures. The observed shape of the
structures and their orientation on the lattice is explained based on their
vorticities and the symmetry of the crystal. The transformation between
different textures and their annihilation as a function of magnetic field is
understood based on the energy differences between them. The angular momentum
spin-wave eigenmodes characteristic of cylindrically symmetric structures are
combined in the distorted spin configurations, leading to avoided crossings in
the magnon spectrum. The susceptibility of the skyrmionic textures to
homogeneous external fields is calculated, revealing that a high number of
modes become detectable due to the hybridization between the angular momentum
eigenmodes. These findings should contribute to the observation of spin waves
in distorted skyrmionic structures via experiments and numerical simulations,
widening the range of their possible applications in magnonic devices.
