The Whooper swans were there
but never whooped
(It's not the season)
Too distant to be named
geese wavered in skeins
like smoke across the sky,
and by the time
I'd turned binoculars
on Golden Eye, they'd dived
leaving anonymous rings
Who cares?
A swan of any kind
is godlike:
honking geese
Icelandic Sagas:
and spreading water rings
faultless caligraphy
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Derwent Ings is a Site of Special Scientific Interest divided between North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire