A few weeks ago 
I then meant to share some other cute and adorable baby birds that I saw around about the same time, things overtook me though.
But, my photos to share were usurped by another family that I saw on holiday!
So sit back, get your smile ready as we fly off to visit The Peedie Sea at Kirkwall in the Scottish Orkney Islands.
Mrs T thought, that the semicircle and the rubberised boom formed a duck swimming pool. It does seem like that, as it had more sheltered water right enough.
The Peedie Sea or Peerie Sea is actually the remnants of a freshwater loch, but it is right beside the actual sea. Peedie in Orcadian means little or wee, hence the name Peedie Sea.
I will make a more detailed about the Peedie Sea at a later day, they have walks around out and across it and there is a skate park etc.
Let's go for a zoom in and see what is there ...
Yes, mummy Mallard has had her babies! They are fluffing cute peedie ducklings, but are not the topic of this post!
I looked up and what did I spy across the sea?
It was a swan family. I had seen our local swan family in Kirkcaldy just before we left, but these look teenyweeny ones and just a matter of days old!
Talk about cute, they are days old here ...
This was the day after we arrived in Orkney and I wanted to go see some wildlife. I remembered the Peedie Sea on the way to the actual sea and it was straight down the road from where we were staying.
My memory was intact after all those years.
Little did I think or remember that we had swans on this peedie bay of water.
If you read my blogs you know I do love birds, but swans take pride of place for me, and I am forever talking to them or is that or is that feeding them!
The Peedie sea is by the water treatment plant and they actually have it blocked off so you cannot walk past it on the grass side.
Did you see something sitting on the swan's back?
Hehe little baby number 6 was saying fluff it, I can get a free ride around so why not!
To me they really are the epitome of fluff balls, and they are so darn cute.
We did see them the next couple of days and they seemed to have grown ...
Now what about this ...
Is that not the fluffiest of fluffybutts that you have seen 
This swan family think the whole Peedie Sea belongs to them. Although they stay by the water plant on the right of the walkway, stroppy swan chased away a couple of swans that had the temerity to try to stay on the left of the walkway!
Until next time and I shall get some perching pictures ready for the latest smap!
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo.
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