Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Ellesmere Port Boat Museum by Peter Craine as part of the Geograph project.

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Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

Image: © Peter Craine Taken: 11 Dec 2006

Apparently, the large bird in the foreground is a semi-mature Mute Swan cygnet (in its last throws of childhood). It was very large and intimidating, knocking on the car window. When I got out of the car, it tried to pinch my car keys! Thanks to Cyril Newsome for the identification.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.286624
Longitude
-2.892465