Tuesday, March 10, 2020

One Swan preening and one Swan asleep on Lancelot

One Swan is asleep whilst the other prunes herself

"He sleeps so deep!
She preens with care
and now their immortal in love"


I found these beauties at the top of Lancelot Clark Storth on 27th June 2012

Straightaway I noticed the one at the front was having a sleep, the profile of the head and neck look good to me.

At first I had not properly noticed the one at the rear was actually preening herself with her head bent over and tucked down between her feathers!

Its a lovely area just were they are and closeby to them I find the rare Carex ornithopodia (Birds Foot Sedge), and also several Epipactis atrorubens and E. helleborines.