Identifying winter swans: Whooper and Bewick's

Identifying winter swans: Whooper and Bewick's

Every winter, thousands of Whooper Swans from Iceland and Bewick’s Swans from Arctic Russia migrate to the UK and Ireland to spend the colder months here. 

Separating Whooper and Bewick's Swans can be tricky: both have black and yellow bills. Watch our identification video for tips on how to distinguish them.

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