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A bevy of Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) on a frozen lake during a snow storm at Lake Kussharo in Hokkaido, Japan
Photograph: Paul Mckenzie/Barcroft Media
(Source: Guardian)
Two swans swim on the Usiazha River near the Belarus village of Usiazha
Picture: VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images
Mute swans (Cygnus olor) form a heart shape during their courtship display, Buckinghamshire
Picture: Frank Lane Picture Agency Ltd / Rex Features
Swan feeding frenzy at Blackwell Lake in Somerset
Picture: Ian Wade
Swans and geese feed on the snow-covered banks of the River Trent
Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
(Source: Guardian)
Whooper swan and cygnets, Iceland
Picture: Danny Green / Rex Features
Swans swim in the Qinghai Lake in north-west China’s Qinghai Province.
Photograph: Han Yuqing/Corbis
(Source: Guardian)
Whooper Swans, Japan
Photograph by Stefano Unterthiner
Two swans swim on the river Spree in BerlinPicture: ROBERT SCHLESINGER/AFP/GettyImages
Mute Swans
Richmond Park photo gallery by Alex Saberi
’The Swanish Armada’
Picture: Keith Jones
An orphaned cygnet swims in a trainer pool at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, south-west London. The national waterfowl sanctuary lies on the site of an old gravel pit and consists of a hospital wing complete with operating theatre, a heated intensive care section and a recovery area with an exercise pond
Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
(Source: Guardian)
Mute swan portrait
Wildlife of the Great Glen photo gallery by Nigel Atkinson
