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 ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in a wild goose found near Dungannon, a buzzard near Moira, and a whooper swan in Portballintrae ... virus was detected in a dead wild buzzard found in County Galway.

A swan and Canada goose were found dead at a pond in Hudson, Massachusetts, amid bird flu concerns across the state. The Hudson Fire Department, Animal Control and the Health Department responded ...

The High Court has overturned An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse planning permission for a wind farm in Co Cork in order to protect the habitat of the whooper swan. Mr Justice Richard ...

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 ...

File photo A decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a wind farm in Co Cork in order to protect the habitat of the whooper swan has been quashed by the High Court.