Today’s outing was to Virginia Water, and by sheer luck I managed to capture a photo of this magnificent Black Swan. A few clearly local people were also taking photos, and I asked whether these birds are a common sight. The reply was, “I’ve never seen a bird like this.”
In the evening, I checked my most trusted source, the Collins Bird Guide (3rd Edition) – Black Swan is listed on page 446 as an introduced breeding species. It notes no recorded sightings in Great Britain or Ireland.
Naturally, I’ve left more than one photo, in no particular order of preference:
