0 a large white water bird with a long neck -- svane [ masculine ]
1 a large, usually white, water-bird of the duck family, with a long graceful neck. -- svane
There is little existing evidence to suggest that waterfowl other than swans are affected by ingesting lead from fishing weights.
I also understand that it applies only to swans on open water.
However, the main source of damage to swans and cygnets is poisoning caused by lead weights discarded, or lost, by fishermen.
Lead weights are not only the most common but the most avoidable cause of death among swans.
Why do we have to keep her prerogative right for swans?
I made the suggestion that in the winter, if serious disturbance were caused to the swans, the targets could be put out at sea.
They are swanning around out there instead of being in here.
I learn too, of the death of three swans also in the town stretch, and that a fourth is not expected to recover.