WHOOPER SWAN & BEWICK’S SWAN

WHOOPER SWAN ✔Roughly same size as Mute Swan ✔Neck looks very long and thin in flight ✔Head looks elongate, has a long pointed bill ✔Lots of yellow in bill forming sideways V shape (“half sideways W of Whooper”) BEWICK’S SWAN ✔Considerably smaller than Mute Swan ✔Neck looks ‘short’ in flight ✔Head rounded, bill short ✔Small basal yellow in bill forming ‘bulge’ (“half B of Bewick’s”)