Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Winter swans
I can confirm that the last Bewick's record was a single bird on the Sailing Pool on the 9th December 2002, seen by Paul Anstis (not 2001 as stated in opus - apologises!). This species has become very scarce with just two records in the last 15 years. Since the last Bewick's record there have now been four records of Whooper Swan (2007, 2010 and two records in 2011), traditionally the rarest of the swans.
It would be interesting to know how Bewick numbers have varied at Slimbridge over the last 20 years.
Hi Mark,
The last record was on December 9th 2002 (which I think was on the deck at the Flashes), so another is well overdue!
Brian
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Birding Today
I can confirm that the last Bewick's record was a single bird on the Sailing Pool on the 9th December 2002, seen by Paul Anstis (not 2001 as stated in opus - apologises!). This species has become very scarce with just two records in the last 15 years. Since the last Bewick's record there have now been four records of Whooper Swan (2007, 2010 and two records in 2011), traditionally the rarest of the swans.
It would be interesting to know how Bewick numbers have varied at Slimbridge over the last 20 years.