Swans at dusk at Linlithgow, Scotland italy the Guardian photographer David Levene

the Guardian photographer David Levene took time out to photograph one of the city’s best-loved tourist spots

Bouts last a few seconds and usually settle the matter

the yellow of the produce matching the yellow bands of the flip-flops was the icing

and apart from the incredible and gritty lighting

a coal mining village until the colliery closed in 1968

Swans at dusk at Linlithgow, Scotland italy the Guardian photographer David LeveneWith the birds front lit against a darkening sky, this photograph of swans at Linlithgow in Scotland may look like a glorious nature scene, but the reality behind it is a little different. On the day it was taken 6 April 2006 bird flu was found in a dead swan in Cellardyke, a coastal village about 10 miles south of St Andrews, Fife. The bird had the dubious honour of being the first wild bird in Britain to be found with the deadly H5N1 strain of the