🦢🦢 Swan Lake: Whooper swans prepare for migration A symphony of elegance on a dreamy lake in Beipiao, #Liaoning Province, unfolds as majestic whooper #swans prepare for their northward #migration. With the arrival of spring, #nature orchestrates a spectacle reminiscent of the ethereal beauty of the "Swan Lake" ballet itself. #BeautifulChina | WE ARE CHINA

The Whooper Swan's call is actually a distinctive honk 📯 In a few weeks' time our estuaries and wetlands will begin to see the arrival of large flocks of swans and geese. Travelling from breeding grounds in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and Siberia, these highly vocal birds often congregate together in mixed flocks and, though not as pretty as the dawn chorus, create a seasonal soundscape that will continue throughout winter. 🔊 Sound recording by Richard Ridgway, 1979. Shelf mark WS1733 C6 |

East Anglia provides a home to thousands of Whooper Swans during winter - and sadly some of them hurt themselves on the web of power cables. The farmer for this land called when he found one by the side of the track and fortunately he had avoided serious injury and just had a few cuts to the leg. He's standing again this morning in our hospital ward. I enjoy a good conversation with those that call us out and discussion soon focussed on whether the swans are a problem to the farm business. I nai