Hitchin' a Ride

A swan with a cygnet on it's back, at Barnes Pond in south-west London. Barnes still has a village feel about it, and the pond at it's heart. I was surprised at the variety of birds on and around the pond, but to my grandaughter they were mainly 'ducks'!

Ian

[Peter H]

Great catch. I've never seen that before.

[gloria jones]

What a great capture...love that little head peeking through the feathers

[Dianne]

Very sweet. Nice for you to enjoy it with your grandie.

[Loopy-Lou]

So lovely, wonderful capture,

[Pyrrhula]

So cute. Fav. capture

[Shanne]

what a great capture - you're really close to the wetlands reserve there which sees a lot of really interesting wildlife

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Beautiful photo fav:)

[*lynn]

awesome! ❤️ fav

[Babs]

Aw this is so sweet. Love the tiny cygnet hitching a ride

[Kathy A]

So sweet

[Dione Giorgio]

What a pretty sight to see and to be able to capture. Fav.

[carol white]

Adorable 🐣. Fav!! 😀

[Fisher Family]

@peadar @seattlite @dide @bizziebeeme @pyrrhula @shannejw @stevepam @lynnz @onewing @kjarn @sangwann @carolmw Well I'm stunned, your comments and favs put this shot on the Popular Page, the third in three days. Thank you all!

I couldn't help thinking that the cygnet looked rather smug as its brothers and sisters had to swim behind.

As Shanne mentioned, there is a wetlands centre close to here, and at some point I would love to visit with my camera, but Natalya is only 17 months old, so rather young for visiting there. One day.....

Ian

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Oh my goodness, I was admiring the swan- and then I spotted the little one! How sweet!

[Vesna]

So cute!

[Fisher Family]

@kchuk @vesna0210 Thank you both. When we were watching the swans it took me a while to realise the cygnet was there. It's a good job my camera has a powerful zoom to capture this!

Ian