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Bewick's swan

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a white Old World swan, Cygnus bewickii, having a black bill with a small yellow base

[named after Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), English engraver noted esp for his woodcuts of birds]

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Bewick's swan - Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan; smaller than the whooper

Cygnus columbianus bewickii

Cygnus columbianus, tundra swan - swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds

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Cygnus columbianus Cygnus columbianus bewickii fowl tundra swan			Given that Bewick's swans migrate 2,200 miles from the frozen wastes of Siberia to winter in the UK every year, the swan will have travelled at least 100,000 miles. Veteran of 2,200-mile flight from icy North; Swan tagged in 1991 back ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) MORE proof the world's gone mad - it was reported yesterday that thousands of Bewick's swans, which have normally arrived to spend the winter in Britain by late October, have so far failed to turn up. off the Record by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Some 300 Bewick's swans – of the 8,000 or so which usually make the annual flight west to the UK – were expected at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre in Gloucestershire by 21 October but have not yet been sighted. Greenwatch: Europe cracks down on fishing for deep-sea species by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Beverly Beverly Hills Beverly Sills Bevile Beviled Bevin Bevin boy bevvy bevy Bew bewail Bewailable Bewailer Bewailing Bewailment Bewake beware Bewash Beweep Bewet bewhisker bewhiskered Bewhore Bewick Bewick's swan Bewick's swans Bewig bewigged bewilder bewildered bewilderedly Bewilderedness bewildering bewilderingly bewilderment Bewinter Bewit bewitch bewitched Bewitchedness Bewitcher Bewitchery bewitching bewitchingly bewitchment Bewonder Bewrap bewray Bewrayer Bewrayment Bewreck			bewared bewared bewared bewares bewares bewares bewaring bewaring bewaring BEWAS Bewash BEWBC BEWC BEWD BEWDA Bewdley Historical Research Group Beweep Beweging vir Christelik-Volkseie Onderwys Bewerber Service Center Bewet Bewet BEWF BEWG bewhisker bewhiskered Bewhore Bewick Bewick Bewick's swan Bewick's swan Bewick's swans Bewick's Wren Bewick, Thomas Bewick, Thomas Bewig bewigged bewilder bewilder bewildered bewildered bewilderedly bewilderedly bewilderedness bewilderedness bewildering bewildering bewilderingly bewilderingly bewilderment bewilderment bewilderments bewilderments bewilders bewilders Bewinter BeWiSe Bewit bewitch bewitch bewitched Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered

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