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mute swan

a Eurasian swan, Cygnus olor, with a pure white plumage, an orange-red bill with a black base, and a curved neck

Mute Swan

(Cygnus olor), a bird of the order Anseriformes. The body measures about 1.5 m in length. The plumage of the adult is white, and of the young, gray. The bill is red, except for the knob at the base and the tip, which are black. The mute swan is found sporadically in Europe, Asia Minor, Middle Asia, and Central Asia. In the USSR it is found in Estonia and Lithuania, along the lower courses of the Danube, Dnestr, and Volga rivers, in southwestern Siberia, and in Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, and Transbaikalia. The mute swan inhabits large lakes with reed thickets. It winters on the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas and in Middle Asia. The clutch contains seven to nine eggs, which are incubated for 35 days. The diet consists of aquatic vegetation. The mute swan is a protected species and hunting is prohibited by law. Domesticated mute swans are found in parks.

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Loved-up Albert and Bud, two mute swans, have become a permanent fixture on the lake at the end of Castle Park, Kilkenny, and are enchanting locals and visitors alike.

The lake of love.. TWO SWANS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A BROKEN WING by The Mirror (London, England)

Technically the Crown owns all the unmarked, mute swans in open water in Britain but the ritual has not been witnessed by a monarch in centuries.

Queen witnesses annual swan count by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)

For some reason this is the first time Elizabeth II has attended the annual practice, which involves counting the unmarked mute swans on the River Thames.

Life isn't a fairytale and for that I'm extremely grateful by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)