Swan sighting

They were back at the little lake owned by the refurbished house that has geothermal heating. If you recall.

At first I could only see one.

But as I watched him, I had the feeling that he was keeping his eye on someone. I didn't want him to be alone. My suspicion was that the vague suggestion of white I could see almost obscured by the reeds closest to me was his mate.

You can't make anything out from this photo, but it sets the scene.

A glorious day - T-shirts and nearly mid-October!

After a while, she made her way over to him.

A little further on and someone was shooting from behind a small cloth hide. I could see pigeons and crows seemingly eating the crop (well, the seeded earth) in front of the hide and realised they must be lures.

I didn't like to think on it. Much better the sparrowhawk than the gun.