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![Lockdown wildlife: These swans look they're about to release the greatest album of 2020.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg4MDkzMGY4LTNjMDgtNGU2ZC1hYzQ0LWNlYzYyOTRiZTczNzoyODE1MWY2Zi1lMTgyLTQ5MzEtYjAxZC01ZjRkNjc0ODVjZDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Approaching swans
Lockdown wildlife: These swans look they're about to release the greatest album of 2020. Photo: Dion Little
![Lockdown wildlife: Chris said this stag beetle was as long as 3in.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU5ZWYwNWNhLTEyN2ItNDc0ZC1hMGI3LWNlMjBkYmU3MjYzOTo4NjYyNjMzYy1hMGRiLTQxYjMtYWQ2Yi05ZDBlNDE2MzdkODU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Stag beetle
Lockdown wildlife: Chris said this stag beetle was as long as 3in. Photo: Chris Fosbrook
![Eagled-eyed Melanie strikes again, this time capturing the blue tit in her garden.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVhZDM3NzE2LWJiZDgtNGY4OC05N2MwLTQxMDZjY2NiYmY3NzphZTZkYzRlNy0wNzk2LTRhMWUtODE2YS05YmE0ZTc5ZGEzY2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Blue tit
Eagled-eyed Melanie strikes again, this time capturing the blue tit in her garden. Photo: Melanie Thorne
![This curious chap couldn't resist saying hello to Bobbi Hendley's 10-year-old at Victoria Park!](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNhZGE2MmUyLThiZTUtNGE1Yy1iMTQwLTk3MTNkZDA4MTc3NDo0MDA3MWRhYy1lMWM2LTQwMTUtOGEwNi03NGFjYWIzZDM3N2U=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. A unique hello!
This curious chap couldn't resist saying hello to Bobbi Hendley's 10-year-old at Victoria Park! Photo: Bobbi Hendley