Bewick's Swan resembling Whooper Swan. On 19th February 1989, J. A. McGeoch informed me of the presence of an interesting immature Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus near Wells, Somerset. On the following day, I obtained a photograph of the bird (plate 158). This shows the angular head and long bill typical of a Whooper Swan C. cygnus. Although not seen so well in the photograph, the bird al

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