well take a look at this

If you go down to the meadows today...

...you can't be sure of anything really, but if you are very lucky you might see what we have seen which is:

1. A HERON (pictured above)

stalking through the undergrowth, disregarding the excited gaze of those who look upon him.

2. a pair of swans (pictured further above)

for a melancholy view of the mating habits of swans, the transience of life and the loneliness of man, take a look at W.B. Yeats' 'Wild Swans at Coole'.

3. a kingfisher (again)

and WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE?

Christchurch Meadows: full of surprises. and birds.