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| A handsome Bewick`s Swan`Cygnus columbianus bewickii` resting on the water and showing excellent feather detail. These swans breed in Western Siberia and winter mainly in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands with smaller numbers in other parts of Western Europe. Unfortunately the population has declined since the mid 1990`s. | 
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