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  1. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    Well you understand the perception. Bird A comes to your neck of the woods. Bird A and Bird B goes to this other place. Then it's Bird B you're thinking about when you go to the other place! Although when I was in Spain last year, some people in the group I was with wondered why I was bothering...
  2. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    Thanks guys. Yeah I could have looked it up but thought it would be a nice discussion point. Numbers of Whoopers where I am seem to be quite stable too.
  3. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    Yes that was always my thought about their distribution too - we got Whoopers, England got Bewick's. Is there any evidence that climate change is affecting Whooper Swan migration too?
  4. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    Thanks for the updates. Sounds like best bet then is the northeast, but there's no real guarantee of seeing them in Scotland. Perhaps they like it a bit milder down in the south.
  5. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    Yeah had a feeling that most were around Norfolk and the surrounding area. I guess I should arrange a winter trip down there sometime. I wonder why they don't come to Scotland like the Whooper Swans do.
  6. JTweedie

    Bewick's Swans in Scotland

    There was something on social media last week about some Bewick's Swans that had arrived in Scotland, but then flew back across the sea and ended up (I think) in Belgium or the Netherlands. But it got me wondering - do any Bewick's Swans ever overwinter in Scotland? I suspect I'd need to go to...
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