Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

swans [...] taste of tern, another fish-munches.

Swans are almost entirely herbivorous. I doubt if they would taste
fishy like a loon or a Turr does.

According to the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds (yes, it is a thing):

They take the molluscs which cling to the vegetation
and also eat small fish, frogs and worms.

I am relying on nature books here and not first hand observation
but I do believe the fish and frogs etc are a minor and incidental
component of an almost vegetarian diet.

I'm pretty sure they taste pretty good. After all they were hunted
almost to extinction here in the past and in England they're
reserved for royal feasts.

One hunter describes Tundra swans which are legal to hunt as looking
like long neck geese and tasting like duck ... "dark, tender, mild
and clean-tasting.

Cheers

Jim


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