The resident mute swans on the loch decided it was time for the Wintering Whoopers to return home to breed and successfully chased them off the loch.

• Contributor: Simon rowlands / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2J2NW26
• File size: 57.7 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 5184 x 3888 px | 43.9 x 32.9 cm | 17.3 x 13 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 27 March 2022
• Location: Islay Inner Hebrides Scotland

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• 1 population russian
• 1 population scandinavian
• a few now breed on north uist
• also found in northern asia
• black bill with yellow base
• black webbed feet
• breeds in iceland
• breeds in iceland from mid april
• breeds in russia
• breeds in scandinavia
• breeds south of the tundra
• british birds
• clutch 2-5 iceland
• clutch 4-7 russia
• cygnus cygnus
• diet aquatic vegetation
• dips head and neck to feed
• displays to attract a mate
• family anatidae
• flat forehead
• gregarious outside of breeding
• lakes
• length 145-160 cm
• long necked bird
• long term monogamy
• migrant
• migrate as a family
• migrates as the north freezes for winter
• migratory
• order anseriformes
• russia from may
• scottish birds
• shallow wetlands
• simon rowlands
• simon rowlands wildlife photography
• subfamily anserinae
• tribe anserini
• uk breeding
• vocal
• white plumage
• whooper swan
• will forage on land
• winter in the uk
• winters uk ireland and continental western europe
• yellow extends in a wedge shape