Whooper Swan Facts | Cygnus Cygnus - The RSPB Wildlife Charity
The Whooper Swan is a large white swan, bigger than a Bewick's Swan. It has a long neck, which it usually holds erect, and black legs. Its black bill has a large triangular patch of yellow on it. It is mainly a winter visitor to the UK from Iceland, although a small number of …
Whooper Swan - British Waterfowl Association
The larger of the two Arctic swan species visiting Britain, the Whooper Swan has a long thin neck, which it usually holds erect. Its black bill has a large patch of yellow forming a pointed ‘v’ shape on either side, extending to below the nostrils.
Whooper swan - Wild About Gardens
The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill than the Bewick's Swan.
Swans found in UK wetlands - WWT
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) Similar in size to the mute swan but with a large, wedge-shaped, mostly yellow bill, they migrate to us for the winter across the ocean from their Icelandic breeding grounds.
Whooper swan | The Great Fen
The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill than the Bewick's Swan.
Wild swan conservation success gives cause for hope
2023年3月14日 · Numbers of whooper swans are predicted to double in the UK by 2030, thanks to efforts to protect the wetlands where they spend the winter. The wild bird, known for its trumpet-like call,...
Whooper Swan | NatureSpot
The Whooper Swan is a large white swan, similar in size to the Mute Swan. Typically its neck is usually held erect, and it has black legs. Its black bill has a large triangular patch of yellow on it that extends past the nostril towards the tip.
Whooper Swan | Bird Identification Guide - Bird Spot
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) identification guide. Identifying features, nesting and feeding habits, call, and where to see them in the UK.
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) - BirdLife species factsheet
Behaviour This species is predominantly migratory (del Hoyo et al. 1992) and travels over land making brief stop overs (Snow and Perrins 1998). It breeds from mid-May in solitary pairs with well-defined territories (del Hoyo et al. 1992) (non-breeders remaining in flocks separate from breeding pairs) (Kear 2005a).
Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus - Birds of the World
2020年3月4日 · Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whoswa.01.
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