Water Babies

Mammy....why are we freezing ?

This afternoon Popeye escorted 5 of the cygnets down into the moat for a dip, two remained with Penny on the nest. They spent most of the time trying to get onto his back...who can blame them with such an Arctic blast from the north ! I managed a couple of short video clips of them heading back to the nest site before it clouded over. Earlier one of the cygnets was having a chat with Mum - I think the caption was probably it ! 
One poor Swan on the SSPCA website shows the dangers of fishing tackle to swans, seen here,   http://www.scottishspca.org./news/909_swan-injured-by-fishing-hooks