Wash and brush up

As I watched a female Mute Swan feeding yesterday afternoon it suddenly seemed to go into a bit of a frenzy, It turned itself completely upside down at one stag and when righted again it thrashed around all over the place, but all of this turned out to be just the 'Will to Wash' She used her head like an elongated sponge to remove excess water before moving to the shoreline,  'Wash over!'

It was now time for 'Brush Up' and her beak came into play to preen all her chest and flight feathers and the top of her head made an excellent brush for her back,

Well that's the job done and this extremely clean female was now ready to go back to feeding again, 'A women's work is never done'