Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky did not, after all, write Duck Pond. The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ...

A record number of whooper swans have been counted at a nature reserve near Boston. RSPB Frampton Marsh tallied 1,440 of the birds on one day last month, as it took part in the national Wetland ...

As the cold spells persist, an increasing number of whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) have embarked on their southward journey, seeking refuge in a variety of habitats across the country to spend the ...