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After the longest benign Summer that I can ever remember, it looks like Autumn has arrived. With only a couple of days until the clocks go back, the leaves are finally falling along with the temperature - but what a great 5 months of good weather !
The birds have enjoyed a summer feast, building up reserves for the winter months ahead.
No more fresh green leaves for the cygnets though !
Autumnal air sweeps across the country, and a new urgency prompts the birds to feed themselves up for the coming winter. The mother duck with the 5 late ducklings is down to 3, even at a month old I suspect the hoodie crows got the last two. The cygnets are now 4 months old, and Popeye has regrown his new wing feathers and should be able to fly again by next week. Be ready to observe some short flights along the shore soon ! Some love lessons given out to the cygnets on reaching 4 months old today, short video showing the ducks creating a cacophony of sound below, including the 4 wee call ducks together as usual. The white ducks are beautiful and at last accepted by the Swans !
