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Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) catching the winter sunlight at the quiet western end of St Margaret's Loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. The feathers on the body create a texture that looks like a cumulus cloud.
Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus bewikii) are the smallest of the three types of swan found in Britain. Usually, they mate for life and the pairs spend each summer at nesting and nursing sites in northern Russia. Then, in September/October, with the Arctic winter beginning, large groups of families start moving in stages across north western Europe, seeking warmer weather.
Many settle in the Netherlands but, traditionally, around 3,000 - 5,000 travel on to Britain, to overwinter around the rivers Ouse (WWT Welney, Norfolk), Ribble (WWT Martin Mere, Lancashire) and Severn (WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire). A unique bill recognition system means WWT is able to identify many of the visitors by name and knows their full family history, sometimes stretching back 20 years or more.
Nom francais : cygne tuberculé
English name : mute swan
Nome italiano : cigno reale
Deutscher name : höckerschwan
Nombre español : cisne vulgar
Pour consulter sa fiche : www.natureprovencale.fr/wp/cygne-tubercule/
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product code(s)
68F017 (holds up to 10kg) (silver)
68F120 (black)
68F031 (white)
80K152 (holds up to 14kg) (silver)
68F121 (black)
68F143 (white)