Mute Swan

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
25/03/24Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway46C Dudley
16:00
ZKH female from Abbotsbury Swannery with white Darvic still here, also XY3384 male (orange Darvic U4T lost a few years ago). His mate was orange U4N but she hasn't been seen for a long time. No other ringed birds seen. .  
14/03/24Mute SwanFreshwater CausewayC Dudley
17:00
Two Polish adults with pinkish-grey legs and feet in amongst 35 other Mute Swans.  
11/03/24Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway1C Dudley
16:00
Steve Groves, the Abbotsbury Swanherd, says: It was hatched here at the Swannery last spring and was ringed on 21st September 2023. Its metal ring is AS01733. It was sexed as a female and weighed 10.2 kg. It is very unusual for an Abbotsbury hatched swan to travel that far, especially a female. They usually stay on The Fleet Lagoon or just wander to the nearby wetland reserves in Weymouth . We ring incoming swans with yellow rings, and they are prone to wander, in fact there is one that is being regularly reported on the Isle of Wight currently. (This is likely to be FPU recorded at Ryde Canoe Lake.) .  
01/02/24Mute SwanFreshwater Causeway38C Dudley
16:30
Orange Darvics: U5X, U8N and U8X Two immatures, others all adults.  

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Mute Swan
Mute Swan