Residents on a local lake, these two were enjoying an afternoon session of bathing and preening. Mute Swan facts: A male swan is called a cob and a female is called a pen. Flight feathers from the female swan were used as writing implements then known as 'pen quills' and later as 'quill pens', until the 'quill' was left out and only the word 'pen' remained. So our present-day ballpoints etc. take their name from the female swan! ~ Young People's Environmental Trust

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