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>be me, last summer
>me and some bros drive up to the Welsh border (near Shrewsbury-ish) to do some canoeing
>day 3 of the trip, properly out of civilisation now (or as much as you can be in the UK), fuck knows where the nearest town is
>just trees and fields all day, nothing to do but paddle, enjoy the sun, and look at the wildlife
>I've decided for the hell of it to start a birdwatching diary (waterfowl only)
>enter a shady, narrow part of the river
>overgrown as shit, far too narrow for any boats to come through
>reckon people don't come through this part often
>peering into the bushes and stuff to see if I can spot any unusual birds
>I do
>there's a fucking black swan
>no mistaking it, nothing in this country looks remotely near to a black swan
>speechless
>did this mf fly all the way from australia?
>is there a secret community of black swans living in the backwaters of Wales?
>the black swan locks eyes with me before ducking into a bush
>never reported it to any birdwatching association, maybe I should have done
>gave up birdwatching because I will literally never see a more rare bird in my life
