Mute Swan 35 crop

Mute Swan 11

Mute Swan 22

Mute Swan 24

Mute swan    Cygnus olor

Always a great photograph subject.

Bewick Swan 05

Bewick Swan 05

Bewick swan    Cygnus columbianus

Famous migrant visitors to Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands trust each year.

Islay Whooper 01

Whooper Swans in flight 01

Whooper swans    Cygnus cygnus

Caerlaverock Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust reserve receives many Whooper Swans during their southerly migration in Autumn from the frozen north.  Flight shots like this are especially difficult, but bring the most pleasure when the photographs work.

Bird flu?

A photograph of a dead swan taken at Slimbridge.

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