BIRD NEWS:506

Today's post starts with a feeding station covered in jackdaws. There is also a lone seagull preening in the foreground. I was on my way to view the black-necked swan in the last 3-4 lakes in a row on the way to the exit and catching my bus home.

Here is an unusual photograph - two species of swan interacting. A mute swan on one side of the fence and a black-necked the other. I could see that there were two adult and a few young mutes walking along the fence on one side - which really seemed to be annoying the black-necked swan. I am still unsure where its partner is/was, but this one really didn't like the mutes walking so close.

It was quite amusing to watch them interacting...

These unusual photos give you a good chance to spot the similarities and differences between the two swan species - not much chance of not knowing which is which!

My final shot for the Arundel late June trip is of a bird of prey. Well - it was supposed to be....but I cant see it very well. There was one bird - a peregrine falcon possibly, as it was too grey and not chunky enough for a buzzard - being bugged by two rooks.