5 September 2007
A team from WWT Castle Espie recently accompanied WWT researchers and the Irish Whooper Swan Study Group on their expedition to Northern Iceland.
Based in Akureyri the group, which included Castle Espies' Centre manager, Learning manager, and a community artist from Northern Ireland, worked with a team of school children from the local Hrafnagilsskóli school.
Together the children and WWT staff began the production of an animated art project to tell the story of Whooper Swans in their Icelandic breeding grounds. It is envisaged that the same team will now focus on the completion of this story while working with school children around the wintering grounds of these same birds around Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. These finished pieces will be compiled in a DVD which will go into production shortly.
Whilst in Iceland the Castle Espie staff also assisted both UK and Icelandic scientists with various Swan catches and accompanied the children to a successful days catch on Lake Vestmannsvatn.