Dead Mute Swan Cygnet Taken at Wigan Flashes Nature Reserve, UK

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A number of Mute Swans on lakes in North-west England succumbed to an illness during February and March 2011. The cause was Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as C. welchii) a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium.

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Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Wigan Flashes Nature Reserve, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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