Laughing Cygnet (or ?Ugly Duckling?)

A gorgeous morning in Newcastle after yesterday's rain.

The cygnets on Killingworth Lake are now almost fully grown. This one seemed to be laughing or smiling - maybe (s)he'd just looked in the lake and realised that (s)he was not an ugly duckling any more!

Best viewed large.

(It was such a great blippertunity that I struggled to decide which photo to upload. There's some more on Flickr here.)