Black swans (1 Viewer)

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Roger S.

Well-known member

• Jul 2, 2006

• #1

Hello,
Today there was 2 Black swans in pagham harbour.
Could someone tell me anything about these Swan as i don't have them in my field guide.

thanks.
Roger

 

lark o'dell

today the local patch tommrow the world

• Jul 2, 2006

• #2

well black swans i think come from australia tho im not sure. but the ones you will see about the place and the two in pagham harbour will be escapes i should think i know they dont migrate from australia.

 

deborah4

Well-known member

• Jul 2, 2006

• #3

Hi Roger

I saw group of 4 at Pags a few months ago - chances are they are now second generation breeding in wild - impressive looking nonetheless

 

Tri-Counties Birder

AKA The Portland Naturalist

• Jul 2, 2006

• #4

lark o'dell said:

well black swans i think come from australia tho im not sure. but the ones you will see about the place and the two in pagham harbour will be escapes i should think i know they dont migrate from australia.

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Spot on Andy

 

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Roger S.

Well-known member

• Jul 2, 2006

• #5

Thanks for info,
Would they be escapes from the wwt at arundel about 15 miles away or could they came from farther afield.

Roger

 

colonelboris

Right way up again

• Jul 2, 2006

• #6

Not 100% certain that all of them would be escapes - there were breeding black swans at Abbotsbury that just turned up and there was a post about a few others breeding on their own. They've been here a long time now and there's quite a few of them out there, so I guess there would be a percentage of them that have bred outside of collections and zoos.
At a guess...