Never too big for a hug!

I started off walking round the loch on a cygnet hunt but there was no sign of any swans.  The coots were busy feeding their growing chicks, a heron was lurking in the reeds and the gulls were watching for they many pieces of bread some youngsters were throwing.

I had just completed my circuit and was thinking about going back to the car when I spotted, in the distance, a swan.  From where I was standing I had no idea if it was the male or the female and her wee family.  I'm no jogger but I did move rather quickly up to the far end of the loch where I found all five cygnets out for a little foraging with mum.  

On my way back to the car I walked past the gosling nursey area during their morning siesta.  All seems well there too .... I can relax now knowing that all the youngsters are safe and growing quickly.  Plenty of mallards on the loch but there are never any ducklings.