Swan upping

Or was it swan downing?

The mute swan must be the second most blipped bird, at least by European blippers. It's always difficult to find a new angle on familiar subjects, so this is an attempt to do that, a swan photographed from vertically above. It was a grey day in the Auld Grey Town, and at either end of today my walks with Gus were in the dark. I had a short walk along the river at lunchtime, hoping to stumble over an otter in broad daylight, it was just over a year ago that I was treated to 15 minutes of close encounters in the heart of the town. But I have not heard of sightings this year, so inevitably it was a forlorn hope.

Otherwise the day was rather like the weather, unremarkable. Which is maybe just as well after the excitement of yesterday. Thank you for the concern expressed, I'm fine.

A year ago was a morning of much better light, as was the year before that