[183-365] 31st. January 2021- Yes, still raining, so indoors again. Camellia's post today about a special cake gave me the inspiration to do a post about…
Three months ago our pair of swans at Hatfield Forest had recently become parents to some cute bundles of fluff. Today I caught up with them again as they sat…
For the last few weeks the pair of swans at Hatfield Forest have been sitting on their nest, out of harm’s reach on the island in the decoy lake. This week they…
This is a a very large white waterbird. It has a long S-shaped neck, and an orange bill with black at the base of it. Flies with its neck extended and regular…
The mute swan is a very large white waterbird. It has a long S-shaped neck, and an orange bill with black at the base of it. Flies with its neck extended and…
What seemed an endearing, if rather inconvenient, choice of resting place a week ago has now become home to the swans at Hatfield Forest. The new parents are…
About eighteen months ago one of the resident pair of swans at Hatfield Forest sadly died after being predated, probably by a fox. Since then, Mr Swan has…
I took a break from my drive down to Plymouth today at Abbotsbury Swannery [abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk] in Dorset. The Swannery is home to up to 600 swans and…
I decided that today was to be a day of complete relaxation after my hectic weekend and I enjoyed a wonderful lie in, followed by a late breakfast and a lazy…
While I was at the Arundel Wetlands Centre yesterday I noticed a poster advertising an early morning ??Birds and Boats?? event for today. The weather forecast…
I set off extra early for my rehearsal in Gloucester today and took a detour on my way there to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge [wwt.org.uk]. For…
I was intending to stop off for some more landscape photography on my journey home from Cornwall today. However, I arrived in Abbotsbury at lunchtime and…
It's been a long time since I posted my favourite waterfowl. Originally native to Ontario, the trumpeter swan disappeared from Eastern Canada early in the 20th…
We came upon these cygnets in the corner of Southampton Common last night - apparently every evening the pair of swans lead their offspring out onto the grass…