A summer evening in Stratford (2) - swans

There are a lot of swans on the river at Stratford - in late, low sunlight they aren't at all easy to photograph. But here are two individuals on the water and a sequence of one very grumpy swan on the river bank.

This swan was preening itself on the river bank - I approached softly and slowly, behind a tree, trying to get close enough for a good photo:

Then my presence was noticed:

Other members of the group saw what I was photographing and also approached - the swan turned to look:

And then stalked off in a really very grumpy huff!