A protective mute swan mother watches warily as two out of three of her newly hatched brood of fluffy white cygnets doze in warm early morning July sunshine on the Lake Garda foreshore at Torbole sul Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Torbole sul Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: a wary orange-beaked mute swan mother stands ready to protect her brood of three newly hatched fluffy white cygnets as two of them sleep on the Lake Garda foreshore by Torbole harbour in warm early morning July sunshine.
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Location: Torbole sul Garda, Lake Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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