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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Bewick's Swan

 

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Bewick's Swan

(Tundra Swan)

Cygnus columbians

 

• Bewick's Swan
• Cygnus columbians
• WI: Rare visitor (less than 30 records)

 

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Bewick's Swan records in the Western Isles

Rare visitor (less than 30 records)

The chart below shows how abundant the Bewick's Swan is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

Collective nouns for Swans

A ballet, team, whiting, squadron of swans (dubious this one!)

A bank, herd, sounder, drift, lamentation of swans

A game, herd, bevy of swans

A regatta of swans (on water)

A whiteness of swans

An eyrar of swans

A wedge of swans (flying in a "V")

From WIKI

 

 

Other local bird photographs

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