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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
12/02/22Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway28C Dudley
ad. Orange Darvic left leg R6R. Never seen this bird here before. SZ348871.  
24/05/22Mute SwanNewport4C Dudley
pair + 2 juv + 2 eggs. In nest alongside the River Medina opposite Cineworld. Male with orange Darvic K2R. Female unringed. SZ501890.  
06/10/22Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway26C Dudley
21 adults, 5 cygnets. Birds with orange Darvics: K3N (father of cygnets), U4N and partner with metal ring only XY3384, U5X, U8X & U8N.  
01/06/22Mute SwanYarmouth7C Dudley
2 ad, 5 yng. This is the pair that nests in the reeds alongside the channel between Yarmouth bridge and Gas Works Lane.  
01/06/22Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway1C Dudley
ad male. Seemingly unpaired male, U5X, orange Darvic. In group of swans (not counted).  
01/06/22Mute SwanYarmouth Station6C Dudley
13:30
2 ad, 4 yng. Two unringed adults with four small young a few days old. Initially seen on the nest, which was in the reeds alongside Thorley Brook, and then in the mill channel. SZ357894.  
01/01/22Mute SwanRyde Canoe Lake1C Dudley
m. Male with yellow Darvic right leg FPU. Information from ringer: This swan was ringed at Abbotsbury on the 20th July 2019 during our biennial roundup of incoming moulting birds. It did not hatch at Abbotsbury. It's metal BTO is XY1714. It was sexed as a male and aged as a 'code 5' so it would have hatched in 2018. We also received a sighting from Bembridge Harbour (IoW) on the 10th August 2021. Best regards, Steve Groves (Swanherd).  
24/12/22Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway42C Dudley
14:30
8 first-years + 34 ad. Ringed adults seen: KIO, U5X, U4N and U8N.  
20/12/22Mute SwanBembridge Harbour13T Jolliffe
08:50
 
11/12/22Mute SwanBembridge Harbour4T Jolliffe
09:30
 
22/11/22Mute SwanSt. Helen's Mill12T Jolliffe
08:25
 
21/11/22Mute SwanSt. Helens Millpond12T Jolliffe
07:45
 
20/11/22Mute SwanBembridge Harbour5T Jolliffe
08:15
 
17/11/22Mute SwanBembridge Harbour11M Buckley
11:00
All adults.  
23/10/22Mute SwanNewtown NNR2M F Venables
08:30
 
01/10/22Mute SwanHersey Reserve2T Jolliffe
07:15
[Seaview].  
29/09/22Mute SwanHersey Reserve2T Jolliffe
07:15
[Seaview].  
27/09/22Mute SwanRyde West Sands29J Baldwin
16:55
SZ590930.  
07/09/22Mute SwanDodnor9M F Venables
12:30
2 Adult Birds with 7 Cygnets.  
07/05/22Mute SwanYarmouth bridge area8C Dudley
m, f + six small cygnets. Regular breeding pair here - S8X (female) and K3N (male). Nest in reeds alongside channel. The family was photographed and images put on Facebook. The photographer said that the young had left the nest that morning. SZ348895.  
19/05/22Mute SwanYarmouth Station6C Dudley
13:30
pair + 4 small juv. Family all at nest beside the Thorley Brook opposite Off the Rails. Same site as last year, when the pair produced two young but the young were taken to a swan sanctuary on the mainland as the parents weren't feeding them properly (considered to be first-time parents). This year's family was also reported at Yarmouth Mill on 17th May. SZ357894.  
02/04/22Mute SwanHersey Reserve1M Painter
11:20
[Seaview].  
06/03/22Mute SwanHersey Reserve1T Jolliffe
10:05
[Seaview].  
02/03/22Mute SwanSpring Vale3T Jolliffe
07:50
 
19/02/22Mute SwanHersey Reserve2T Jolliffe
08:30
[Seaview].  
07/02/22Mute SwanWootton Bridge1J Myers
13:45