Since my last News Sheet in june the Swan Study Group has ringed a total of 66 Mute swans including 17 adults, 9 second year birds, 40 cygnets and 4 retraps.
The maximum counts of flocks of (Mute) swans seen since june are as follows:-
Aber Ogwen, Bangor, North Wales = 114 on 6th july and 108 on 18th august.
Acre Dell pools, Congleton = 50 on 13th june, 48 on 22nd july, 55 on 28th august and 74 on 27th september.
Baddiley meres, Nantwich = 10 on 10th september.
Bottom Flash, Winsford = 16 on 28th august.
Comber mere, Nantwich = 18 on 20th june, 19 on 18th july and 19 on 15th august.
Doddington mere, Nantwich = 25 on 25th june, 62 on 13th july, 57 on 1st august and 12 on 23rd september.
Middlewich canal = 5 on 25th august and 10 on 17th september.
Nantwich Boating Lake = 15 on 17th june, 13 on 13th july, 13 on 10th august and 13 0n 5th september.
Poynton pool = 22 on 27th june.
Redes Mere, Macclesfield = 24 on 29th august and 18 on 5th september.
River Dee, Chester = 5 on 27th july and 10 on 2nd august.
Interesting Swan movements.
Colour ring Green CY48 ringed as a female cygnet on 17-10-09 at Hargrave Hall pools, Chester.
Seen 25-7-2010 at Aber Ogwen, Bangor, North Wales = 88 kms from ringing site.
Colour ring Green CY88 ringed as a male cygnet on 8-10-09 at Middlewich canal.
Seen 18-8-10 at Aber Ogwen, Bangor = 109 kms from ringing site.
Colour ring Green CAD4 ringed at Venetian Marina, Cholmondeston near Nantwich as a male.
Seen 25-7-10 at Aber Ogwen, Bangor = 103 kms from ringing site.
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