Mute Swan

Another shot from a daily exercise walk around Rawcliffe Lake in York, and on this walk I spotted this mute swan.

In many ways I was quite surprised to see it. For a while the swans were driven away from this site by the large numbers of Canada and Graylag Geese that seemed to take over for a while. Geese numbers are much lower now and there were very few to see on this walk - perhaps they have found a new home.

Ian

[Peter Dulis]

sweet

[carol white]

A lovely close up capture. Fav! 😀

[Pat]

He's a beauty. I'm glad they didn't get crowded out as they are lovely birds. Now that you've said it, there do seem to be more swans than Canada geese by me too. Lovely detailed shot.

[Nina Ganci]

graceful capture, so elegant
fav

[KoalaGardens🐨]

totally fantastic!

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up, beautiful head and details. Fav.

[Judith Johnson]

A super shot, well timed!

[Janet]

Lovely detail in the whites!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful clarity, composition

[Babs]

So elegant.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Santina]

beautiful shot, and beautiful exemplary

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. Beautiful capture and a wonderful-looking swan.

[Kathy A]

Nice close up shot, nice detail

[Fisher Family]

@pdulis @carolmw @pattyblue @ninaganci @koalagardens @pyrrhula @busylady @janturnbull @seattlite @onewing @bkbinthecity @santina @sangwann @kjarn

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

I've only seen one swan on the lake so far. I'm hoping there is a second and that we might see cygnets before too long.

Ian

[william wooderson]

Lovely shot, Ian! Always a delight to see swans out on the water.

[Fisher Family]

@will_wooderson

Thank you William - they are such graceful birds.

Ian