Swans arriving at Martin Mere

Having been lucky enough to see a very few of these wonderful Whooper Swans in Iceland back in May it was exciting to see them arrivng back at Martin mere after an 8 hr flight from Iceland. Apparantly there is a bit of a credit crunch in Iceland and it meant some of them couldn't afford the fare over here, so there were not many swans back yet... The light was against me, so once again the pictures are poor (but damn I am good with excuses!) and these were the best of a bad bunch . . .

and fairly quickly, they headed off again ready for a night out at a local farm. . .