Back in mid march, during the last time we had a spell of warm weather, this blog captured two swans in the middle of love making.
It is good to see that they now have a family.
Hans Christian Andersen went a bit far calling them ugly ducklings .
I’ve always felt the so-called Ugly Duckling must have been either a bit of a wimp or a gentle giant. One of those could take a couple of ordinary ducklings any day.
Ermmm – he didn’t – he said that the ducks called him ugly –
I miss many things about Abingdon….watching the swans is near the top of the list. Thank you for publishing this!
How I agree with Tony. During the three years we lived in Abingdon I loved to watch the swans caring for their cygnets. Your pictures made me fondly reminisce