Burscough, Lancashire. UK Weather; 18th Nov, 2019. Hard overnight frost in rural lancashire. as Whooper Swans, migrant birds from Iceland, catch the morning sun as they head to the feeding grounds and crops in the rural Every year, around 2,000 whooper swans migrate to here from Iceland and spend the winter on the mere. Credit: MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews

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The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill than the Bewick's Swan. Whooper swans spend their winters in this country; they arrive from Iceland in late autumn, returning north again in the spring. They will often feed on fields during the day, eating crops like leftover potatoes and grain, before heading to roost on open water.

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Location: Burscough, 2019
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