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Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) being hand-fed in the waterfowl chaos of Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, in winter

Love in a cold climate: Pair of wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland, in late winter

Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland in winter with wild Whooper Swans, Greylag Geese and various ducks

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) drinking, Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) exercising its wings, Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan exercising its wings (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) with injured or weak neck, Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Pair of wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) displaying at Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland, in late winter

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland in winter with wild Whooper Swans, Greylag Geese and various ducks

Wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Pair of wild Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus), Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Pair of wild Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) displaying at Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland, in late winter

Breeding Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) with one cygnet visible, bog pool in coastal plain W of head of Herad Valley, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Breeding Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus), Herad Valley, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in poolside vegetation with moulted feathers, Myrar, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) with well-grown cygnets, Mirar, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Adult Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) with four cygnets, Myrar, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Greylag Geese (Anser anser) cadging food, Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Greylag Geese (Anser anser) flying in to Tjornin City Pond, Reykjavik, Iceland

Male Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in winter plumage

Male Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in winter plumage with an adult male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) behind

Male Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) in winter plumage with a sub-adult male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) behind

Female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) eating fish or squid, Husavik, north Iceland

Female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) diving underwater, Husavik, north Iceland

Male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Husavik, north Iceland

Female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Husavik, north Iceland

Female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) swimming through seaweed, Vestfirdir (Westfjords), Iceland

Female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) on her nest between rocks of the breakwater of Jokulsa River, Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland

Four adult female Common Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) swimming on an oily-looking sea, Hafnarholmi, Austurland (Eastern Region, East Iceland), Iceland