Aristotle even suggested that swans were humans in an ideal form ... Even today the Queen has the right to claim any unmarked mute swan swimming in open water. The Mute Swan – the classic ...

The area is ideal for mute swans, one of the most common breeds in the UK, to congregate in large groups. Matthew Capper, from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, said: "The winter flocks often have ...

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) has reported avian influenza, or bird flu, cases at its popular North Cave Wetlands reserve, ...

Another concern is whether or not this strain can spread to humans. | MORE | Bird flu outbreak detected in Butte County backyard flock, officials say "Mute swans are a non-native bird. They don't ...

Six swans, including three cygnets, have been found stabbed and beheaded. Two mute swans were decapitated in Birchmere Park, Thamesmead, south-east London, last month - a third was found mutilated ...

and YWT is hopeful the same will occur for the mute swan population. Current evidence shows little risk to humans from bird flu and YWT has no plans to close the reserve. It said it is monitoring ...

Avian flu has recently been detected in dead waterfowl in LaPorte, Lake, Porter, Starke and seven other counties in the state, meaning that hunters and others should take care if they’re handling ...

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has confirmed a mute swan found near the Kings Lock Inn on the Trent and Mersey Canal tested positive ...

Date: 5th November 2022. Picture James Hardisty. A Mute Swan preening its plumage on the lake at Peasholm Park, Scarborough It was only in 2023 that a major outbreak of the flu killed 1,000 black ...

The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute, Bewick's, black, and black-necked fill out the ranks.