Populations of whooper swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves, new research shows. Whooper swans commonly spend their winters in the U.K. and summers in Iceland. In the new study, ...

It was off to our local Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust site at Martin Mere in Lancashire this morning as a small number of Whooper Swans had arrived early as it’s usually into October before we see them ...

Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows. Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows. Scientists studied the ...

Wintering whooper swans are pictured at a national nature reserve in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 5, 2026. Over 6,000 migratory whooper swans have flocked to Rongcheng to spend the ...

Some sounds feel as though they can transport us back in time. Listening to whooper swans calling out over a wetland at the break of day, I imagine the same chorus of loud, trumpeting calls echoing ...

About 5 days earlier than last year, two families of seven whooper swans each were reported roosting at the Nakdong River Estuary were October 19. Since then, the number of whooper swans observed ...

While everybody knows the swan, that large, elegant, white, long-necked bird of watery places, not everyone may know that three different species occur in Ireland. Of the three, only one, the Mute ...

Hundreds of "striking" whooper swans from Iceland have descended on a frozen wetland in Lancashire to enjoy a milder winter. Martin Mere in Burscough, which is managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands ...

Populations of whooper swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves, new research shows. Populations of whooper swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves, new research shows. Whooper ...