Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Mute swan (Cygnus olor) with three cygnets, Cornwall, England, UK, May. (non-ex)

Oscar Dewhurst / Mute swan (Cygnus olor), two cygnets sheltering under parent's wing. Richmond Park, London, England, UK. April.

Oscar Dewhurst / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) swimming with cygnets in misty lake in morning light. Richmond Park, London, England, UK. May.

Andrew Parkinson / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) cygnets with head submerged while feeding underwater, with mother watching and helping, Derbyshire, England, UK. June. Highly Commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the...

Steve Downer / Close up of Mute swan cygnets (Cygnus olor) riding on their mother's back, Birmingham, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) female and a young cygnet foraging in sunset light, Kennet and Avon canal, Caen Hill, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Laurent Geslin / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) with cygnet, Lake Leman / Geneva, Switzerland

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) adult with cygnets on water, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) with cygnets, Shapwick NNR, Avalon Marshes, Somerset Levels, UK, February

Laurie Campbell / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) newly hatched cygnets on pond, Yetholm Loch Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve, Roxburghshire, Scotland, May

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) and cygnets on water, Westhay Moor SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, JUne 2011

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) and cygnets on rhyne, King's Sedgemoor, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011