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.

For the Bewick's swan, a species known for its long migratory journey, warmer temperatures have resulted in fewer swans returning to the U.K. each winter. A recent report from the Wildfowl and ...

Bewick's swans ... wintering site for whooper swans migrating from Siberia. In peak years, more than 1,000 swans gather to rest in the area. This season, however, swan numbers were noticeably ...

Although in winter two other contenders arrive on our shores, the Bewick swan from Siberia and the slightly more vocal Whooper swan from Iceland.