Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Mute Swan photographed by Mark Curtis
July 14, 2026
 Mute Swan photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026

When to look

Reported most in May, across 4.8M open records.

Records by month. January, 517,153 records. February, 384,525 records. March, 512,443 records. April, 583,553 records. May, 595,039 records. June, 304,959 records. July, 255,396 records. August, 280,004 records. September, 334,315 records. October, 378,001 records. November, 331,019 records. December, 335,707 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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