Jonkersvaart, The Netherlands

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Swan

The graceful swan.

Taken at Barton Marina

Swan in winter at sunrise

Priory Country Park, Bedford

Gesehen in den Urdenbacher Kämpen.

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Seen in the Urdenbacher meadow, near Duesseldorf

A male swan (cob) tries to impress his feeding mate (called a pen). Didn't work tho.....

I believe these are tundra swans. Could be trumpeters, but don't think so. Tundra swans are decidedly more common.

Hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Taken at Welney Wetland Centre yesterday.

Image © 2018 Nicola Riley

Swans every day procedure cleaning feathers.

Trumpeter Swan not saying much, just feeding.

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Eating...

One last swan image, I am quite excited about this pair and hoping to be able to observe them with their family.

Christchurch, Quay, Dorset UK.

Taken at Barton Marina

Taken at Croxall Lakes

With the evening mist rising, the Diana Fountain bubbling, a herd of Red Deer stags showing their now fully grown but still velvety antlers - what more could want than a warm sunset and a pair of swans gliding into place.

Dress : Luas Liden Corset and dress. At K9.

Tights : NECROEGO - Fishnet 6 Tights

Collar : Sadge Lunar Collar. At Abnormality.

Hat : Tentacio - Agnes hat. At K9.

Boots : Tentacio - Sadie boots. At WLRP (Una stall).

Hair : PADO // saku hair.

Tattoo : Kaos - Radiant Tattoo.

Lips : Shiny Stuffs EvoX Velvet Harvest 10

Skin : [Glam Affair] Liv [Lelutka EvoX] Blush. At C88

Blush : [theSkinnery] Snowball Fight Set (LeLutkaEVOX) winterblush. Hunt Gift in Belle Epoque store.

Decor :

YOKAI - Holiday Swan Set. At K9.

HISA - Winter Grass, bush, shrubbery.

Trees : Konoha - Ginkgo valashu - T1 LI:7

Konoha - Snow circle

Pitaya- Hotsprings (winter) - Paths and rocks.

A swan on a mission. It was motoring through the water at a rate of knots.

a swan at sunset

Mute Swans - Verulamium 08-09-2014 IMG_4227A bw

Black Sea, Mangalia, Romania

This domestic white duck was following the mute swan all around Lake Eola

If you use the zoom tool. the yellow lore patch is visible. This feature distinguishes this swan species from my previously posted Trumpeter Swans. Trumpeter Swans never have the yellow lore patch (Sibley)

Lois Hole centennial Provincial Park. St. Albert, Alberta.

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the brave Swans in the cold Baltic Sea :)