It has been four weeks now, since his pen laid her eggs. While she is on the nest he keeps her safe, patrolling the river. From one bridge to the next, he sees that all is well. He greets familiar faces above the buttercups and shepherd’s purse, the fresh blades of grass. He looks so much better this year, more confident. People stroll along the river bank, to see how he is doing. We all want him to do well. Last year’s eggs never hatched. We are hoping that this year, things will be better.
temple blossoms
seagulls flock to guard
a sleeping swan
© Xenia Tran
You can see images of his pen (female swan) on the nest in an earlier post ‘Nesting Swan‘. She raised 62 cygnets over the last nine years with her previous cob (male swan), before he passed away.
Update: on 17th May 2018 seven cygnets hatched – you can see the first images in our post New Life.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
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