Sunday 24 January 2010

It's all happening in Leicestershire

After tip offs from local birders of a lone Whooper Swan in a field in Leicestershire, Julie from Watermead CP went in search to see whether it was our bird - Z3G. Apparently the location was not accessible on foot, so Julie along with a friend sailed to the location. Using binoculars, Julie found the Whooper Swan which seemed ''wild'' and after getting closer the bird got out of the water - revealing a nice shiny yellow darvic ring - it was Z3G!

Although in the company of two Mute Swans, he's now doing what a Whooper Swan should be doing - eating grass and not begging for handouts!

For the record, heres what we have on his movements.
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25/05/2009 - 22/10/2009 - Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria.
30/10/2009 - 03/11/2009 - Kingsmill Reservoir, Nottingham.
11/11/2009 - 17/12/2009 - Watermead Country Park, Leicester.
24/01/2010 - 24/01/2010 - Near Cossington Mill, Rothley, Leicester.
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Thanks as always to Julie (and others) for keeping us posted on this bird and for the above photo.
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2 comments:

  1. Heather Naomi McGinty 27 January 2010 at 00:36

    This bird goes to show that some of the "Tame" birds we see in the local parks and at feeding sites are still very much wild.

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  2. Steve Lister20 March 2010 at 12:40

    This bird is imprinted on Mute Swans and is still with two at Cossington, Leics on March 18th. t was there as an unringed first-winter from January until May 2009.

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