spooky of the swans™

it's quite a dynamic going on 😬

which end of the lead would she be, tho?

I feel like this the kind of gathering @vimtotime.bsky.social would go to even though I know gatherings/parties are her idea of hell

Two eye holes in the pavement with greenery growing out the mouth

He is having some salad

My cat snoopy with wide eyes and his tongue out

Snoopy’s 5th existential crisis this week

found the other family of four at just the other end of the marina, and me telling them to go home ends the day's swanning

fed the last of the food to the two either side of the marina bridge

one back in the marina and the other coming back, too

one of the two got freaked by ebikes and flashing lights

they're coming, but very nervously

let's see if we can get the two in the marina to reunite with the three

found the two still in the marina, but the family of four were no longer around

found the three sleeping off their feast

fed the last two of the magnificent seven

found the last two of the magnificent seven with mum and dad just beyond the next lock

three happy customers

mealworm frenzy

fed the three

found three more of the magnificent seven

fed the four just outside the marina

fed the two in the marina

found two of the magnificent seven in the marina, and then the family of four from the beginning of the canal a long, long way up by the marina, keeping the two penned in

happy canal pigeons

grey wagtail

fed the two old friends

found some old friends just outside the dock

Little grebes make one of my favourite noises in nature.

hide and seek heron

an elusive little grebe

didn't find any swans at knostrop, but found a huge floating crane at the weir