Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
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Status:
Winter Migrant, October to March, Approximately 7000
birds
Scots Names: Elk, Whistling Swan, Hooper
Size: 140
- 160cm (55 - 63"),
Wingspan 205 - 235cm
Habitat: Rivers, Estuaries, Wetlands, Lakes, Lochs and
Ponds
Breeding: Whooper swans pair for life and have up to
7 eggs usually, hatching around 36 days and
first flight usually after 120 days, less than 10 pairs breeding in UK - breeding
normally takes place at
breeding grounds in Subarctic Eurasia.
Call Note: Deep honking, trumpeting call - very distinctive
Status: AMBER