Bewick's swan

Cygnus bewickii
Ducks and geese (Anatidae)

The beak yellow is not pointed.
Bewick's swanon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Small white swan with a yellow beak base and a black beak tip, a short straight tail.

Mainly vegetarian that likes to graze on fields in small groups. In winter the groups become larger.

⇔ l. 115-130 cm

A migratory bird breeding north and wintering in central Europe.

LA:
≈ The CYGNUS CYGNUS (Whooper swan) is larger with a longer neck and the yellow beak base is larger and more angular shaped. 
≈ Is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS (Tundra swan) which has less yellow on its beak See photo LA.

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