Walk to Pitchcroft and back, Worcester: Wednesday, 3rd August, 2022.

 

Berries.

Narrow Boat.

Bright, hot and sticky upstream.

Bright, hot and sticky downstream.

Gheluvelt swans heading towards The Jetty.

They're hungry.

Of course they are.

Ladybird.

Mum and cygnet.

Fly.

Time for my close-up.

Ladybird II.

Flies.

Busy Bee.

Narrow Boat II.

Busy Bee II.

On Pitchcroft.

Outward bound.

Brady.

Vicky, Brady and Viv.

Chatting.

Under the heat of the midday sun.

Skyscape.

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

Gheluvelt swans have overtaken us.

Mr Swan is seeing off fifteen 'intruders'.

Gheluvelt swans.

We're keeping a low profile.

They ate our supply of food pellets at The Jetty.

On Pitchcroft.

Homeward bound.

Heron.

Standing stock-still.

Narrow Boat III.

Walk to Sabrina Bridge via the docs and back via Pitchcroft, Worcester: Tuesday, 2nd August, 2022.

 

Busy Bee.

Half a walnut for Nic.

A blaze of colour.

One of us is about to enter the docs.

Busy Bee II.

Two boats but no swans at North Quay because.......

.......their territory has been shifted to the viaduct.

Under Sabrina Bridge.

On Pitchcroft.

Gheluvelt swan family are at the 

southern end of their territory.

Dad.

Skyscape.

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

Narrow boat.

And various paddlers.

Grey and humid with a life-saving breeze downstream.

Grey and humid with a life-saving breeze upstream.

Narrow boat.

Walk to North Quay via Pitchcroft and back via the pharmacy, Worcester: Monday, 1st August, 2022.

 

Blackbird.

Male.

Yes, he's still bald.

Paddler.

Quite sunny, still, and humid with 

no redeeming qualities upstream.

Quite sunny, still, and humid with 

no redeeming qualities downstream.

Busy Bee.

Tony, Kath and Vicky.

Chatting.

Kath feeding three female Mallards.

Busy Bee II.

On Pitchcroft.

Sunlight on the Severn.

Skyscape.

Worcester Cathedral and friends.

This is odd:

Several swans have got well-past the North Quay Mum 

and are now being rounded up by Angel Wing,

who's territory lies between North Quay and

that of the Gheluvelt Swans.

We shall investigate further.

Almost under Sabrina Bridge.

Butterfly.

There's a new Mum with two cygnets at North Quay.

North Quay Mum has been usurped.

She is no longer the dominant female in this territory.

Her cygnets carry on as normal.

A group of hopeful younguns.

'New' Mother, in foreground, with 

'old' Mother now usurped.

Thank goodness Marilyn is back 

off her holiday.

It's all too much!

Just some of the 'new' swan community at North Quay.

As long as they can all co-exist, everything should be fine.

About to enter the pharmacy.

Blackbird.

Female.