Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky did not, after all, write Duck Pond. The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ...

The High Court has overturned An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse planning permission for a wind farm in Co Cork in order to protect the habitat of the whooper swan. Mr Justice Richard ...

As the cold spells persist, an increasing number of whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) have embarked on their southward journey, seeking refuge in a variety of habitats across the country to spend the ...

File photo A decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a wind farm in Co Cork in order to protect the habitat of the whooper swan has been quashed by the High Court.