Wildfowl

Lack of movement and too much snow has forced a blog about wildfowl. Free free to log out now. Lots of it about, ducks, swans, herons and all the rest.

Swans are favourite on this boat. Here are the geeky facts: male is called a cob, female a pen; they mate for life; can fly up to 60 miles an hour; have over 25000 feathers on their body; they’re clever and will remember if you’ve been kind (or not); live to around 12 years in the wild, 30 in a protected environment; are the largest flying bird; have wingspan of up to 10ft; weigh up to 16kg.

Groundhog day other than an additional wardrobe dismantle to look in the hole we cut a couple of weeks ago and check for water in the hull. All ok, phew. Also walked round to Great Haywood marina, figured how tricky it would be to slip past the receptionist and into the showers.

The share boat moored next to us is due back in the marina tomorrow, looking forward to that bit of entertainment. The couple onboard have already apologised for the ice that they’ll send creaking against us, that’s ok, am sure we did our fair amount of ice creaking during the great escape from Penkridge.