Perfect Pair

Penny and Duke are in excellent condition and keep themselves looking good by frequent preening.

Short movie clip below showing the perfect pair preening.

Perfect Pair

Both Popeye and Penny have finished moulting and re - grown their new feathers, they are resplendent.

Flight training has already started out in the Firth with good weather conditions and no danger of collisions. 

The bonding continues with the traditional head nodding and heart to heart meetings, a perfect pair !

Perfect Pair

After a gruelling chase yesterday, Popeye and Penny appear to have finally seen off last seasons offspring.

The pressure on the youngsters was immense, 

they had no choice but to leave their beloved birthplace, or face the wrath of their parents !

This was the longest term they have ever allowed the cygnets to stay, and now deserve a well earned respite before nesting again.