Archive for the ‘Swans’ Category

• Whooper swan

  Jun 25 | Ducks+, Swans | Little Stint | 2389 Views | with No Comments

  The Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a very large Palearctic swan. Its range extends from Iceland right across Northern Europe, Russia and Siberia to the Far East. It migrates South to many separate temperate regions from the UK...

• Tundra swan

  Jun 25 | Ducks+, Swans | Little Stint | 2350 Views | with No Comments

  The Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is the smallest of the Holarctic swans and is a recent combination of two traditional species, the Bewick’s swan of the old world Palearctic region and the Whistling swan of the North...

• Mute Swan

  Jun 23 | Ducks+, Swans | Little Stint | 2554 Views | with No Comments

  The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), is a typical swan species, and is a very large bird, native to much of Eurasia and a rare winter visitor to the North African coastal strip. Order..: AnseriformesFamily.: AnatidaeGenus..: Cygnus...