Mute Swan (Cygnus olor). Showing orange coloured iron staining to plumage on the head. Norfolk Broads.

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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor). Showing orange coloured iron staining to plumage on the head. Accumulates as bird forages with head reaching underwater seeking food, from iron oxide particles within the mud. Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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