Meanings of mute swan in English

Just as the gander is about to lunge at the male gull, he is distracted by a passing mute swan.

Whooper swan Almost as large as our resident mute swan, the whooper swan has a V-shaped yellow mark on its bill.

On Thursday, Scotland's chief veterinary officer Charles Milne said a mute swan found in Cellardyke harbour in eastern Scotland had died from the virus.

I walk along the Royal Canal most days, and lately I was shocked to see a dead adult mute swan with its neck missing.

There are also three nesting pairs of mute swans, a heron and waterhens.

She was standing close to a dark lake on which three mute swans were swimming.

Recently we've had much pleasure watching a flock of mute swans on a neighbouring flooded field.

In the past 10 days six mute swans and cygnets were found dead in Kilcoole, Co Wicklow.

The ancient ceremony dates back to the 12th century when the English crown first claimed ownership of all mute swans.

Britain said on Thursday the flu strain had been confirmed in three wild mute swans found dead in Dorset, southern England.

The five-day census of the swan population dates back to the twelfth century when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans.

The resident pair of mute swans set upon them with stretched necks and drove them off - a stirring sight, with lots of splashing.

As the British monarchy explains on its website: This historic ceremony dates from the 12th century, when the crown claimed ownership of all mute swans.