Britain is bracing itself for a cold and long winter after the earliest-ever arrival of a Siberian swan.The arrival of Bewick's swans at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire usually signals the start of winter, with 300 migrating 2,500 miles from Russia's harsh winters each year.The first swan arrived on Sunday October 11, which is 25 days earlier than last year and the earliest date on record. Records began in 1963. The premature arrival of winter in many European countries has...
