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WINTER SWAN

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Vincent
Published date23 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Everyone has a favourite, from thrushes to goosanders, but the biggest visitor definitely makes a splash. So with spring springing, let's say a wintery farewell to the last of the yellow-beaked swans

These aren't the terrors of your local pond who hiss at your children and chase your dog. In almost every case those are the good old mute swan - you can tell instantly by the orange beak and the fact they live here all year round of course.

It's officially the days get watch out for like the singing These plucky straight up, slowly while

The other British swans are (mostly) only winter visitors. These two species were once considered to be the same, but as time went on and more things were discovered, they were proven to be quite different.

Both species can be seen on fields in the winter eating crop leftovers, or on wetlands, but now you are likely to see them in flocks heading back home.

Physically the smallest of our visiting swans is the Bewick's swan, named after a naturalist who studied them. They come over from Siberia. They look slightly different in flight as their wings beat faster. Their beaks are...

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