The dead swan found in Fife which tested positive for the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been identified by scientists as a whooper swan (and not a mute swan as initially reported).
The breed originates from outside the UK but it's uncertain whether the bird picked up the disease abroad, despite being subjected to DNA tests.
No other birds have tested positive for H5N1 since the discovery on 29 March.
The whooper swan is known to migrate from Iceland, Scandinavia and northern Russia and about 7,500 are thought to come to the UK during the winter.
Bird flu swan was from outside UK
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