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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)

En-us: Whooper Swan Ca: Cigne cantaire Da: Sangsvane De: Singschwan Es: Cisne cantor Fi: laulujoutsen Fr: Cygne chanteur It: Cigno selvatico Nl: Wilde Zwaan No: Sangsvane Pt: Cisne-bravo Sv: Sångsvan Ru: Лебедь-кликун

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adult

adult showing staining

Western Palearctic

BirdGuides rarity status: Local

Most recent UK and Irish reports of Whooper Swan

13:04 18/05/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Blithfield Reservoir
19:24 12/05/13	Whooper Swan	Forth	Skinflats Lagoons
13:44 07/05/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Westport Lake	07:00
13:58 05/05/13	Whooper Swan	Lincs	Deeping High Bank
21:23 01/05/13	Whooper Swan	Lincs	Frampton Marsh RSPB
15:14 01/05/13	Whooper Swan	Suffolk	Lakenheath (Hockwold) Fen	13:15
17:43 23/04/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Blithfield Reservoir	17:00
15:15 17/04/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Abbots Bromley
17:33 15/04/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Abbots Bromley	14:30
12:28 14/04/13	Whooper Swan	Staffs	Abbots Bromley	12:00

Most recent photos of Whooper Swan (25)

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs 18/05/13	Lakenheath (Hockwold) Fen, Suffolk 02/05/13	Lakenheath (Hockwold) Fen, Suffolk 02/05/13	Kirkby on Bain GPs, Lincs 03/04/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 03/01/09
Venus Pool NR, Shrops 03/03/13	Rhu, Clyde 02/03/13	Rhu, Clyde 02/03/13	Alford, Aberdeenshire 03/02/13	Martin Mere WWT, Lancs 17/02/13
Martin Mere WWT, Lancs 02/02/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 18/02/13	undisclosed site, Berks 18/02/13	undisclosed site, Berks 18/02/13	Mordiford, Herefs 12/02/13
Annesley, Notts 19/02/13	Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh, Armagh 17/02/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 18/02/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 18/02/13	Wroot, Lincs 14/02/13
Longcroft, Cumbria 13/02/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 11/02/13	Hogganfield Loch, Clyde 11/02/13	Catfield, Norfolk 09/02/13	Catfield, Norfolk 09/02/13

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Key UK sites for Whooper Swan (12)

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Products featuring Whooper Swan (10)

Articles (3)

	RSPB: What a whooper	Monday 17th September 2012
	Whooper Swans breed on Loch of Spiggie for the first time in 92 years. read on
	WWT: Whooper Swan romance results in rare UK cygnets	Friday 29th July 2011
	Injuries prevented bird from migrating, but not from breeding. read on
	WWT: Whooper Swan disappears into volcanic cloud	Saturday 17th April 2010
	WWT raise concern for the fate of Y6K, which has disappeared into an ash cloud. read on

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