Neighborhood Cygnets...

The first time I photographed our local swan nest at the end of Spirit Quay was on March 17.

On our walk to a London H3 trail starting in Aldgate on April 20, we spotted a newborn cygnet.

Then on the 24th, I saw the whole brood. 

From this angle you can see the fencing put up to protect the nest.

Not sure when they first swam, but they didn’t hesitate to leave the nest at just four days old.

One of the eggs never hatched.

Both parents took the seven cygnets off for a swim... 

…but while one sat with them in their new house down the canal a bit, the other sat on the remaining egg.