mute swan

late upload today will catch up tonight some time

.... all the while I had to keep an eye on what might be going on behind me. If you look very closely, you'll see he's waving to you!! Perhaps not quite such a cute picture as Kawwauser put up today though! LOL

Well Peeps, I would like to say a big "thanks" to all of you with your words of comfort after the concern about my elderly Mother yesterday. I'm happy to say that it was not as bad as the paramedics first thought & after a blue light ride and a few hours in hospital undergoing...

We had a wander round the grounds of Oxburgh Hall and down to the little River Gadder which is a tributary of the River Wissey. Such a pretty spot that. Even this swan thought so as he was obviously quite at home there.

Weeeeell ... I'd have chosen purple, or maybe red. But that's just my tastes ;)

Swan in courtship display

the mute swan to make the full family he or she was on the river while other was looking after the not so young ones in yesterdays image

Well Peeps, Probs with internet this morning, new router coming next week, so apologies if I'm AWOL from BF until then. I hope y'all have a great weekend.

Not exactly a handicap, since it's a species trait. And in fact, they're not actually mute. They just have very quiet voices.

I hadn't brought any, so though I'd showered and put on a tunic and tights for dinner, I felt a bit under-dressed for the occasion ;)

At the end of our rainy afternoon, we arrived at what I thought was going to be a B&B, but it turned out to be the fanciest stop on our walk - a very ritzy golf course with a hotel in some refurbished historic buildings, dinner at the "19th hole" was quite nice and not as expensive...

Saturday Fun This Mother Swan with her Six Cygnets at Attenborough. LH Photo - Taken last week - An attentive Mother. RH Photo - Taken this week - She has had enough she is drowning them!!!! -------------------------------------------------- LOL, What she was really doing was teaching them...

The Mute Swan adult was in protective mode at Radipole Lake as the Great Black-backed Gull was nearby.

.... however some of my flight shot attempts that day came out not so badly. When I took this, I thought it was an adult, but on downloading it turned out to be a 'nearly' adult. Still with the black bill and some brownish feathers. It was quite distant, so a big crop.

Two of five !