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  1. 02-09-2007 #1
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    A pair of mute swans flying along the Exe Estuary towards Lympstone .
    There wings make such a loud whipping sound you can hear them long before they pass by and it is really some thing to watch these huge birds in flight close up.
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    Super series of shots Chocky, very well taken.
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    Thank you.
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    Very nice.
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    Close up all on his tod wining down the Exe estuary.
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