Mute Swan (2/4)

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Cygnus olor  

According to Simon Nevill, the population of Mute Swans at Northam peaked in the early 1960s and is now stable at around 40 individuals.*

They weren't difficult to find. We found four just by looking along the river in the middle of town.

*Birds of the Greater South West, Simon J Nevill, 2008, p57.