Hackney Swans
I just returned yesterday from my travels in England and a side trip to Paris so I am just catching up on everyone's blogs and taking a peek at the pics I took. Part of an attempt to explore more of London included a trip to the Hackney area in East London which has seen trouble in the past but seems to be undergoing an upsurge in development now. There is a wonderful waterway winding through the area and these swans followed us for quite awhile hoping for a hand-out. They abandoned us when a fellow came along with some food for them!
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I read the title and wondered where Hackney was in Toronto as I only know Hackney in London ... and low and behold your post was about there. Such a large group of lovely swans.
Beautiful and very relaxing :))
Have a great weekend.
A kiss.
Lovely swans! I bet you have a ton of photos from your trip!
Boy, there's quite a lot of them!
That sounds like a dream trip. In fact I was dreaming about such a trip all summer long. I had to postpone mine until next year. You had quite a group of swans following you along.
Lovely opportunists.
Lucky you - England and Paris! Wow! I hope you'll post more photos of your trip! I'm just a wee bit jealous! :)
BTW, when these critters left you did they sing a swan song?
These are mute swans, which means they all belong to the Queen. Kind of her to share them!
I look forward to seeing some of your travel photos. I always thought that swans were a relatively solitary bird. Looks like I was wrong.
Lovely shot, the swans do tend to soon desert you if someone else turns up with food!
Did these swans look more English than our swans?
I wondered where you had gone. Looking forward to your pictures (and impressions!)
Welcome back. I look forward to your photos of England.
Again, I can't believe we couldn't meet up...
I've arrived in London last Friday, and I'm staying in Hackney!!! ;-)
Beautiful walking/swimming companions Pat..a side trip to Paris, you lucky, lucky lady :)
that's really prettty!
Looks like Hackney Wick....I lived near there for over twenty years during my spell in London....Nice pic Red Pat...
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