Against All Odds

I was preparing myself for the worse this morning after deciding to visit the Mute Swans that last Sunday were the proud parents of 4 Cygnets...

Tragic events unfolded in the next few days and if you haven't been following the story, we were left with just one Cygnet on my last visit on Tuesday and I wasn't very hopeful of seeing him again.

This is nature though and nature as a habit of providing some wonderful surprises and I'm delighted to tell you that when I arrived on this gloriously sunny morning, I was greeted by 2 dotting parents and 1 very healthy looking youngster...

Now 10 days old, the little fella is still inseparable from his mother and looking eager to learn...

Everybody knows that the best way to learn is watch and copy mother...

And when you're this cute, it must be hard to resist the temptation of sneaking a peep at yourself...