Black Swans courting

[joe]

Watched this pair for 1/2 hour at Sandford lake

[joe]

Continueing the sequence

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Continueing

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Continueing, this is the end.

[Chocky]

Excellent Jo. That's beautiful Well done

[rolf]

Some excellent series of shots there Joe, well done.

[andy b]

excellent shots joe. i remember seeing my very first black swan when i was a small boy. every year we had our family holiday in brixham, torbay. i remember, one year, going on a trip from brixham, to dawlish. it was here that i saw my first . i was only, probably, around 8 or 9 years old. it was such an unusual sight, for me, that i stuck in my memory. i may be wrong... beryl will probably put me right if i am... but isn't the black swan the town emblem for dawlish?????. anyway joe, you've stired some memories of some lovely family holidays for me.

[Chocky]

Yes . A chap who lived in Dawlish emigrated to New Zeeland over 40 years ao and brought a couple back . (They are native to Australia) How ever they have been breading freely since, though not recognized by the RSPB as a British bird
Waterfowl - Dawlish Live

[andy b]

thanks beryl, i dragged that from the back of my brain... as i said i was very young. i have very fond memories of your part of the world