European Birds

Anatidae : Swans, Geese & Ducks

Bewick's Swan

Cygnus columbianus bewickii

Gloucestershire, England - December 2013

Bewick's Swan is differentiated from the nominate race of Tundra Swan by having much more extensive yellow at the base of the bill with a more thickset neck which makes the neck look shorter than on the nominate race of Tundra Swan.

Gloucestershire, England - November 2012

Bewick's Swans breed in Arctic Russia and spend the winter in western Europe and eastern China, Korea and Japan.

Gloucestershire, England - November 2012

Gloucestershire, England - November 2012

Gloucestershire, England - November 2012