Featured Article: Mute Swan
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Identification
Adult
- White plumage
- Bright orange bill with black knob at base
- Male larger, with larger knob
Distribution
A native of northern and central Eurasia. It is a common resident throughout lowland British Isles, north and central France and east to Denmark and Germany. A summer visitor to southern Norway, southern Sweden and extreme south Finland and Poland and the Baltic States. Also breeds around the northern shores of the Black and Caspian Seas and in parts of Turkey.
