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    WE ARE FAMILY OVERWINTERING SWANS

    Dec 16, 2021 2 minutes

    IN MOST FOLKS’ MIND THE WORD SWAN instantly conjures up an image of our familiar and resident mute. But come winter, our regal and much-loved swan is joined by a couple of migratory species capable of putting on a show that may temporarily relegate their more celebrated cousin into the role of ‘supporting artist’.

    Spending the winter months across a number of key wetland), with their highly variable black-and-yellow bills, conduct the longer of the two journeys, arriving here after a summer spent on Russia’s Arctic tundra. The larger whooper swans can be distinguished by an aquiline nose, featuring a distinct triangular yellow patch extending beyond their nostrils, and by contrast the vast majority will have flown to Britain from breeding grounds in Iceland.

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