(Peek A) Boo !
This swan's head appeared above the concrete of Gravesend's Gordon Promenade, bobbing in and out of view as it worked out how to climb the steps it was facing...in the end it resorted, wisely, to wing power, after which it ambled up to me and stood, I think expecting food. Not getting any it plodded off across the grass that leads to Gordon Gardens where a pair of swans already live. I don't know if it got chased away, but it returned to the river and let the tide take it down and away...
There used to be 30 - 40 swans by the Prom: I don't know if they were moved on or if other swans chased them away, but the two (plus sic cygnets) currently occupying the pond (with a pair of circumspect Egyptian Geese and their brood) are 'it' for the time being.
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(Peek A) Boo !
This swan's head appeared above the concrete of Gravesend's Gordon Promenade, bobbing in and out of view as it worked out how to climb the steps it was facing...in the end it resorted, wisely, to wing power, after which it ambled up to me and stood, I think expecting food. Not getting any it plodded off across the grass that leads to Gordon Gardens where a pair of swans already live. I don't know if it got chased away, but it returned to the river and let the tide take it down and away...
There used to be 30 - 40 swans by the Prom: I don't know if they were moved on or if other swans chased them away, but the two (plus sic cygnets) currently occupying the pond (with a pair of circumspect Egyptian Geese and their brood) are 'it' for the time being.
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