Happy family

A distant view of a happy swan family and a heron playing hide-and-seek.

Orphans in the porch

Unlike the plants who have so recently shivered in the porch and spent the night searching for an alternative property in the local newspaper, this little bird was sighted carrying out a survey of the upper reaches this morning - with a view to moving in?

After the highs and lows associated with the last Swallow family, concluded with the demise of a parent,  I'm not sure how I feel about the prospect of possible orphans in the porch.