Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky did not, after all, write Duck Pond. The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ...

A record number of whooper swans have been counted at a nature reserve near Boston. RSPB Frampton Marsh tallied 1,440 of the birds on one day last month, as it took part in the national Wetland ...

As the cold spells persist, an increasing number of whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) have embarked on their southward journey, seeking refuge in a variety of habitats across the country to spend the ...

It’s thought to derive from the sound a Whooper swan might make as it gasps for breath – a descending tone of eerie beauty. The royal connection with swans goes back centuries. Even today the ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in a wild goose found near Dungannon in County Tyrone. It is the first wild bird to test positive in Northern Ireland since September 2023. The bird was found near Black ...

The Whooper Swan is a large white swan, bigger than a Bewick's Swan. It has a long neck, which it usually holds erect, and black legs. Its black bill has a large triangular patch of yellow on it. It ...

In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal distribution of H12 subtype AIVs worldwide and conducted a comprehensive investigation into the evolutionary and biological characteristics of an H12N2 ...