The Birds and the Bees

Yesterday morning I was over in Rotherhithe, walking through the old dock area, now home to a smart new library, a less new shopping centre, and lots of flats.

Some of the water has been kept, and the water fowl are well accommodated.

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Outside British Home Stores and Decathlon, one family was attracting a fair amount of attention.

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No wonder. The parents seemed to take the human interest calmly.

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It was a different story when the family set off for a swim and the ducks came too close. The male swan made it clear that he wanted his cygnets undisturbed.

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Nearby coots were also raising their young, and swimming about with them. But they attracted far less attention from the shoppers.

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There are advantages in being less conspicuous.

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Meanwhile two bumble bees were taking their lives in their wings procreating in the middle of the pavement.

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Had they been human they could have been arrested.