Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) family. Front bird wing foot stretching, is of the Polish phase; leucistic, lacking melanin pigment.

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Mute Swans (Cygnus olor), on a Norfolk Broadland drainage dyke. One of a surviving brood of three cygnets leads family group. This is a white plumaged, leucistic, or ‘Polish’ colour phase. Adult parent behind. Note pink colour of foot under the stretching wing of the Polish bird.

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