HWW!

This is a fairly dull wall, on a bland apartment block by the canal in Gloucester.

Look at the bottom, though (PiP - click on the seated swan) and there's an unusal sight: a pair of mute swans have decided that the base of the wall, next to a well used path, is a good place to raise their young.

This pair has been resident for a few years, and used to have a nest site at a secluded spot nearby, on the water's edge, but in recent years they have been flooded out and lost most of the eggs. Hopefully suburban life will suit them better.