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Ian McKerchar


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Ah ha! A little off topic but a long way from reading it properly

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Doc Brewster


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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

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Ian McKerchar


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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.

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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

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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.

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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.
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phil ogden


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1 at Clifton CP few years back,used to get a bad time off the resident Mute.

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Steve Christmas


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A pair nested at Crompton Lodges, Moses Gate, a couple of years back but were unsuccessful.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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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

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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

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There used to be one on Winsford flash a few years ago too. Used to see it regularly down there.

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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.

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Terry Long


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They're not counted on the British list , however some are known to be self-sustaining so who knows one day.

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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?

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