I love to see our winter Swans, and recently I was fortunate enough to see both Whooper Swans and Bewick's Swans together. This gave a nice size comparison, as The Bewick's are quite a bit smaller and also have a different pattern on their bills. They enjoy the fields and estuaries here in the North West, but are becoming more and more scarce, especially the Bewick's.
The majority of this group feeding were the larger Whooper Swans, with their longer necks, and only 3 Bewick's.
Bewick's front left and Whoopers.
3 Bewick's at the front, with one grey juvenile.
This group of Whoopers had a few Cattle Egrets for company with them in this field.
A small group of Dunlin working the sands.
A Redshank doing what Redshanks do.
Beautiful photos. It must be wonderful to watch so many of them. I like your last photo very much :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat captures of the Swans, it is nice to see the difference between the Whooper Swans and the Bewick's Swans. The Dunlins are sweet and I love the Redshanks.
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ReplyDeleteA rare treat! Lovely pics, thanks for sharing!
Have you ever visited the Wildfowl Trust in Slimbridge or read much of Sir Peter Scott, essential almost for a swan aficionado?
ReplyDeleteWonderful captures of these lovely birds!
ReplyDeleteSwans are so photogenic! We always want to see those species, as they are rare to unknown here.
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We see a lot of interesting birds here in Florida but not Swans. They are really gorgeous and you always take the best photos.
ReplyDeleteSwans are always cute and so graceful...
ReplyDeleteYour bird photography always brings joy to my day
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to see all of those swans. Great shots of them.
ReplyDeleteVery nice to see your photos. How cold was it? Gloves weather? I find swans so beautiful, but they also scare me a little, so I don't dare to get too close. https://momentsfrozentime.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteaww.... beautiful swans and bird...
ReplyDeletegreat captures
Beautiful photos of the swans.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the difference between the Whooper swans and the Bewick swans.
I enjoyed your photos.
Greetings Irma
we got Canadian geese during winter season...
ReplyDelete# Beautiful shots