Özdemir Adızel, a biology professor at Yüzüncü Yıl University in Van, told Anadolu Agency that the whooper swans came to the region to spend the winter this year as well.
Noting that most of the swans shelter on the shores of Ercis, Adızel said: "It is a species that migrates to our region to spend the winter. Towards the spring, they head north again. The species, also known as the white goose in the region, is under hunting pressure despite conservation efforts."
Photography enthusiast Meryem Bilgin said the region witnesses a different beauty in every period of the year.
"We came back here a few months ago. We watched and photographed the migration of flamingos. When flamingos migrated, whooper swans came to their places. We wanted to see this beauty. We got very nice images with our friends," she added.
