BEWICKS SWAN - Cygnus Columbianus - head on, bewick's, white, head, eye, bill, beak, long neck, facing, staring, water droplets, winter visitor, Andy Purcell
BEWICKS SWAN - Cygnus Columbianus - head side on, bewick's, bird, avian, water proof feathers, white, head, eye, bill, beak, long neck, facing, staring, water droplets, winter visitor, wetlands, marshes, stubble fields, Andy Purcell
The smallest swan in the UK, the Bewick's arrives in Britain in mid-October after spending the breeding season in Siberia. It has more black on its bill than mute and whooper swans and is considerably smaller and more like a goose in shape. Increasingly threatened by loss of habitat and man's activities, and with significant numbers in the UK, it is on the Amber List. Each swan can be identified by their individual bill pattern. This one is classified as a Yellowneb. The other 2 types are Pennyface & Blackneb
From the Gentleman's magazine 1819 an engraving of Thomas Bewick by T A Kidd after Miss Kirkley entitled "Restorer of the art of engraving on wood". wood-engraving, printer, artist, naturalist, woodcuts, Newcastle, portrait,
Cygnet, Swan, Young Swan, Close Up, Grey Feathers, Downy Feathers, Lake Windermere, Lake District National Park, Mute Swan, Cygnus Olor, Wild Bird, Swans, IPSV2562,
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UK SCOTLAND Near Dunbar -- Whistler Swans ( cygnus columbianus ) on the beach near Dunbar on the North Sea coast of Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto. co.uk
bird; birds; avian; natural history; swan; swans; sea; arctic; c. columbianus; Cygnus columbianus; Cygnus; Whistling Swan; Whistler Swan; nature; wildlife; birdwatching; travel; tourism; environment; sea; North Sea; north; coast; coastal; Scottish; Dunbar; Lothian; east; Scotland; GB; UK; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; EU
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UK SCOTLAND Near Dunbar -- Whistler Swans ( cygnus columbianus ) on the beach near Dunbar on the North Sea coast of Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto. co.uk
UK SCOTLAND Near Dunbar -- Whistler Swans ( cygnus columbianus ) on the beach near Dunbar on the North Sea coast of Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto. co.uk
Whooper Swan swans close up head portrait wild bird birds wildfowl wildlife ornithology nature November 2006 Middlesex England Jack Cox Images of Nature