The day ended with a mercy mission involving TWO swans, clearly distressed and having to be rescued (if only from the fiercely territorial local pair!) then taken to a local wildlife hospital. I must confess to being somewhat relieved at not having to handle a swan in the hand, the biggest hazard seemed to come from the copious amount of feather fleas however! (No swans were harmed during the filming of these shots - Martin is a qualified ringer!)
