Areas of the River Wye in Herefordshire are focal points for recreational activities. In recent months canoeists and paddle boarders have outnumbered the sleek craft of the rowing club at Ross on Wye, and the swans, ducks and riverside birds have had to get used to their fair weather companions. However, when I saw this convergence of a mute swan with four cygnets and the canoeists with his dog, I did wonder if the current amity was going to be broken. I foresaw the swan reacting forcefully to the threat it perceived in the dog and its owner as they got ever nearer. It was not to be, however, and with a few strokes of their webbed feet the birds moved away and the photographer/canoeist turned around and paddled off upstream.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2
