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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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12/02/22 | Mute Swan | Freshwater Causeway | 28 | C Dudley |
ad. Orange Darvic left leg R6R. Never seen this bird here before. SZ348871. | ||||
24/05/22 | Mute Swan | Newport | 4 | C Dudley |
pair + 2 juv + 2 eggs. In nest alongside the River Medina opposite Cineworld. Male with orange Darvic K2R. Female unringed. SZ501890. | ||||
06/10/22 | Mute Swan | Freshwater Causeway | 26 | C Dudley |
21 adults, 5 cygnets. Birds with orange Darvics: K3N (father of cygnets), U4N and partner with metal ring only XY3384, U5X, U8X & U8N. | ||||
01/06/22 | Mute Swan | Yarmouth | 7 | C Dudley |
2 ad, 5 yng. This is the pair that nests in the reeds alongside the channel between Yarmouth bridge and Gas Works Lane. | ||||
01/06/22 | Mute Swan | Freshwater Causeway | 1 | C Dudley |
ad male. Seemingly unpaired male, U5X, orange Darvic. In group of swans (not counted). | ||||
01/06/22 | Mute Swan | Yarmouth Station | 6 | C 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. | |||
01/01/22 | Mute Swan | Ryde Canoe Lake | 1 | C 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). | ||||
24/12/22 | Mute Swan | Freshwater Causeway | 42 | C Dudley |
14:30 | 8 first-years + 34 ad. Ringed adults seen: KIO, U5X, U4N and U8N. | |||
20/12/22 | Mute Swan | Bembridge Harbour | 13 | T Jolliffe |
08:50 | ||||
11/12/22 | Mute Swan | Bembridge Harbour | 4 | T Jolliffe |
09:30 | ||||
22/11/22 | Mute Swan | St. Helen's Mill | 12 | T Jolliffe |
08:25 | ||||
21/11/22 | Mute Swan | St. Helens Millpond | 12 | T Jolliffe |
07:45 | ||||
20/11/22 | Mute Swan | Bembridge Harbour | 5 | T Jolliffe |
08:15 | ||||
17/11/22 | Mute Swan | Bembridge Harbour | 11 | M Buckley |
11:00 | All adults. | |||
23/10/22 | Mute Swan | Newtown NNR | 2 | M F Venables |
08:30 | ||||
01/10/22 | Mute Swan | Hersey Reserve | 2 | T Jolliffe |
07:15 | [Seaview]. | |||
29/09/22 | Mute Swan | Hersey Reserve | 2 | T Jolliffe |
07:15 | [Seaview]. | |||
27/09/22 | Mute Swan | Ryde West Sands | 29 | J Baldwin |
16:55 | SZ590930. | |||
07/09/22 | Mute Swan | Dodnor | 9 | M F Venables |
12:30 | 2 Adult Birds with 7 Cygnets. | |||
07/05/22 | Mute Swan | Yarmouth bridge area | 8 | C 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. | ||||
19/05/22 | Mute Swan | Yarmouth Station | 6 | C 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. | |||
02/04/22 | Mute Swan | Hersey Reserve | 1 | M Painter |
11:20 | [Seaview]. | |||
06/03/22 | Mute Swan | Hersey Reserve | 1 | T Jolliffe |
10:05 | [Seaview]. | |||
02/03/22 | Mute Swan | Spring Vale | 3 | T Jolliffe |
07:50 | ||||
19/02/22 | Mute Swan | Hersey Reserve | 2 | T Jolliffe |
08:30 | [Seaview]. | |||
07/02/22 | Mute Swan | Wootton Bridge | 1 | J Myers |
13:45 |