Summary[edit] Description: Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus head at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, Gloucestershire, England. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in September 2006 and placed in the public domain. Date: 8 September 2006 (according to Exif data). Source: Own work. Author: Arpingstone.
Description: Bewick's Swan, Jan. 2006, Saitama JAPAN ; Japanese description:コハクチョウ 2006年1月 埼玉県川本町 (投稿者自身による撮影). Date: 8 January 2006. Source: photo taken by Maga-chan. Author: Maga-chan. Permission(Reusing this file): Maga-chan put it under the Cc-by-sa.
Bewick's Swan, Cygnus columbianus One of 300 or so birds of this species counted on the Slimbridge site February 2010. The other bird is a Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in winter plumage.
No machine-readable author provided. Hullie assumed (based on copyright claims).
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Summary[edit] Description: Group of Swans Vlijmen - The Netherlands 14 januari 2007. Date: 14 January 2007 (according to Exif data). Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Hullie assumed (based on copyright claims).
Description: Taken at Slimbridge WWT. Adults are white all over and young birds greyish with a pinkish bill. Compared to the similar whooper swan, these swans have proportionally more black and less yellow on their bill. They're also smaller than both mute and whooper swans and have faster wingbeats. Status: Amber Population: 7,000 birds To Purchase photo email me on spinksbro@me.com. Date: 16 February 2014, 16:54. Source: Bewick Swan. Author: Jacob Spinks from Northamptonshire, England.
Summary[edit] Description: Bewick's Swan, Jan. 2006, Saitama JAPAN ; Japanese description:コハクチョウ 2006年1月 埼玉県川本町 (投稿者自身による撮影). Date: 8 January 2006. Source: photo taken by Maga-chan. Author: Maga-chan. Permission (Reusing this file): Maga-chan put it under the Cc-by-sa.
This portrait of a Bewick's Swan shows the variable yellow pattern at the base of the bill. These patterns are so distinct they have been used to identify and monitor individuals over the years.