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| The black swan keeps a watchful and wary distance from the larger bird |
A BLACK swan first spotted on the lake in Cleethorpes country park last Friday was this afternoon on the nearby boating lake where it was being relentless harassed by a much larger mute swan.
At one point it was driven from the water to which it was being prevented from returning.
Although neither leg bears any numbered ring to identify its origins, the black swan is almost certainly an escapee from a private collection of ornamental waterfowl, possibly in the Louth area.
It was a favourite species of Sir Winston Churchill who kept a family on the lake of his home at Chartwell, near Westerham in Kent, occasionally featuring them in his paintings.
A beautiful bird - like its larger but aggressive white counterpart - the black swan was today proving to be a magnet for birdlovers who marvelled at its plumage coloration and elegance.
But it is unlikely to tarry long given the hostility of the mute swans of which there were 22 present today.
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