Sunday, 17 October 2010

Swans on the Stour


On day one of our recent holiday, we set off in the late morning to drive to our Herefordshire destination.  The weather was rather cloudy with the sun occasionally bursting through.  We decided to leave the main road and take the scenic route.  When we crossed the narrow stone bridge over the River Stour at Spetisbury, this was the delightful scene that met my eye.

I was trying to remember the word for a gathering of swans.  The word gaggle came to mind, but I believe it’s only associated with geese.  Anyway this definitely looked like a gathering together of a number of swan families.  Don’t they make a great addition to this river landscape?
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13 comments:

  1. Bob Scotney17 October 2010 at 10:54

    Jean, I've been looking up collective nouns. So far I have found 13 different ones including gaggle. A wedge when they are flying but otherwise bevy, herd, lamentation, whiteness, eyrar plus others including ballet. Now I've got a research project to find how each one came about.

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  2. Lakwatsarah17 October 2010 at 19:34

    What a lovely picture. They swans are as charming as the landscape.

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  3. Unknown18 October 2010 at 00:23

    Thanks Bob. Hope you will let us have your report.

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  4. Unknown18 October 2010 at 00:24

    Thank you saggi. I agree, and that's why I had to stop the car and take some pics.

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  5. mizztraveller18 October 2010 at 21:28

    This is sunday gathering and day off for swan family .

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  6. Unknown19 October 2010 at 01:45

    Hi winter gurl. You could be right, except it was Saturday.LOL

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  7. Ursa Bowers19 October 2010 at 13:52

    What a beautiful photo! Your writing style is lovely as well. Thank you for making me feel warm and cozy inside :)

    Sylvie

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  8. Unknown20 October 2010 at 01:56

    Sylvia: thamk you so much for your lovely compliments.

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  9. Joanne Olivieri21 October 2010 at 15:32

    A beautiful sight with those lovely swans.

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  10. bev24 October 2010 at 19:37

    nice picture...nice blog..

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  11. Unknown24 October 2010 at 22:57

    Thank you Jo and Bev.

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  12. RWS Photo Blog25 October 2010 at 08:07

    nice photos

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  13. Unknown25 October 2010 at 12:20

    Thank you RWS for visiting and commenting. I will come and visit you.

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