Today the weather is bad a usual. But during the past weekend it was just wonderful. We spent the weekend at Lake Steinhuder Meer near Hanover and it was perfect weather for taking photos.

Mute Swan(Cygnus olar) sitting on 7 eggs.

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Two Swans framing a Duck in a love-heart

A beautiful Trumpeter Swan on the Bow River is posing for a picture, after the snow storm, at Carburn, #Calgary.

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The River Thames

Beautiful plumage!

it was an angry swan, protecting his female mate and their nest

Love is in the air, a sight to warm the soul, Botany bay.

Such an elegant bird :) i love going to the lake early in the morning as the sun is rising :)

Mute swan - Cygnus olor. Broadmeadow Estuary, Malahide, Dublin, Ireland

A Pen with her Cygnets on the river Wallington this morning. The baby Swans are just a couple of weeks old

Mute Swans, cygnus olor, Lake Ontario

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Swans in Bridgwater Dock

Surprise today with a pair of swans at the mouth of the river. Caught this one in a brief ray of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy and showery day.

Getting feather details on these all-white beauties can be a challenge. But get the right light and angle and the results can be very pleasing.

Colour popped image of a swan at Dunham Massey

The mute swan is a very large white waterbird. It has a long S-shaped neck, and an orange bill with black at the base of it. Flies with its neck extended and regular slow wingbeats.

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Oud-Beijerland - 1 april 2015

Reflections

There were two swans in the Caledonian Canal and I was delighted to see this one. They such beautiful animals. I enjoyed my walk out to the point and back it was a good stretch and it was nice to see so many birds.

The mute swan is a very large white waterbird. It has a long S-shaped neck, and an orange bill with black at the base of it. Flies with its neck extended and regular slow wingbeats. The population in the UK has increased recently, perhaps due to better protection of this species. The problem of lead poisoning on lowland rivers has also largely been solved by a ban on the sale of lead fishing weights. Some birds stay in their territories all year, while others move short distances and form winter flocks. In cold weather, some birds arrive from Europe into eastern England.

A juvenile 'Mute Swan'

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The mute swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa.

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Hampstead Heath, Saturday 25 March 2016.

Dijle, Mechelen

Swan eyeing up some lunch in Marlay park, Dublin

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cloudy rainy day at Sir Samuel Smith Park