Ah ha! A little off topic but a long way from reading it properly
Doc Brewster said
Fri Feb 10 10:33 PM, 2012
I read it that Fred was talking about the Trumpeter being N.American, Ian, which it is of course, and yes the Black Swans are Australian, so everyone is correct
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Feb 10 2:18 AM, 2012
fred fouracre wrote:
there was a black swan on the ribble at osbaldeston all summer feeding happily with three mutes.also a trumpeter also on the ribble at ribchester.it was very tame so must have been escapee but it had no rings.anyway these are north american bird not native to britain.i took a photo on my phone and still have it
They're native to Australia Fred.
fred fouracre said
Thu Feb 9 11:37 PM, 2012
there was a black swan on the ribble at osbaldeston all summer feeding happily with three mutes.also a trumpeter also on the ribble at ribchester.it was very tame so must have been escapee but it had no rings.anyway these are north american bird not native to britain.i took a photo on my phone and still have it
Neil McCall said
Sun Feb 5 11:51 PM, 2012
My son gripped me off with a countable Black Swan a few years ago when he was learning to fly in New Zealand.
He sent me a photo he'd taken of the local town lake, describing the Black Swan as "some kind of funny-looking duck".
Sigh.
Doc Brewster said
Sat Feb 4 10:52 PM, 2012
At least 2 (a pair) are resident at Marbury CP/Neumann's Flash/ Haydn Pool area and attempt breeding every year. They have produced cygnets but are in a running battle with the local Mute Swans. The Black Swan cygnets are killed every year by the Mute Swan adults but the adult Black Swans get their own back & have killed Mute Swan cygnets too. There is talk about proposals for a cull of Black Swans if this sort of interferance with a breeding species on the British List is widespread. Cheers Paul
phil ogden said
Fri Feb 3 7:15 AM, 2012
1 at Clifton CP few years back,used to get a bad time off the resident Mute.
Steve Christmas said
Fri Feb 3 7:01 AM, 2012
A pair nested at Crompton Lodges, Moses Gate, a couple of years back but were unsuccessful.
Geoff Hargreaves said
Fri Feb 3 5:24 AM, 2012
Didn,t see it myself but a known associate reported one on Knutsford town lake sat 31/01/12 but gone by the 01/02/12,it was taking bread and begging.
cheers geoff
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Feb 3 5:21 AM, 2012
Nick Isherwood wrote:
There used to be one on Winsford flash a few years ago too. Used to see it regularly down there.
and at penny flash
Nick Isherwood said
Fri Feb 3 5:10 AM, 2012
There used to be one on Winsford flash a few years ago too. Used to see it regularly down there.
Keith Mills said
Fri Feb 3 4:26 AM, 2012
Three years ago,we saw Black Swans (at least two) on the tidal flats below Freckleton Naze , This is on the other side of the Ribble Estuary and nearer Preston,but not far away as the Crow flies.
Terry Long said
Fri Feb 3 3:58 AM, 2012
They're not counted on the British list , however some are known to be self-sustaining so who knows one day.
Louise Aspden said
Fri Feb 3 3:05 AM, 2012
I was very surprised to see a pair of these at Marshside today, do they breed here now? and can you count them on the list?
They're native to Australia Fred.
He sent me a photo he'd taken of the local town lake, describing the Black Swan as "some kind of funny-looking duck".
Sigh.
Cheers
Paul
cheers geoff
and at penny flash
This is on the other side of the Ribble Estuary and nearer Preston,but not far away as the Crow flies.