The Bewick’s Swan is a winter visitor to the UK. They can be distinguished from the resident Mute Swan by the yellow on the bill rather than the orange of the Mute and from Whooper Swans by the yellow area being limited to the facial end of the bill.
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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