The past few days have seen the arrival of the first Bewick's swans of the season. They migrate here all the way from Siberia and come to enjoy the comfort of our relatively-warm winters!
This beautiful photo was captured by David Kjaer and is part of our RSPB Images photo library.
Beautiful, just beautiful. I'm off to see them next Tuesday 5th Nov. The CEO of Wetlands Trust is coming to Slimbridge to talk about migration and then we are going to watch whilst wild swans are caught for ringing . They are sure to treat us to a flood lit swan feed (it's an afternoon's invitation 2 pm to 6pm ) which presses all my buttons :)