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We recommend that all active contributors to WWT waterbird surveys bookmark this page and check it for updated information on forthcoming surveys and other information of interest. All updates posted here are also sent by email to relevant participants. If you are an active fieldworker with email and do not receive any relevant updates, please contact the Species Monitoring Unit at WWT Slimbridge. WWT Whooper Swan satellite-tracking report to COWRIE published [added 11/06/2010] WWT were commissioned by COWRIE to analyse the migration routes and flight heights of Whooper Swans between their breeding grounds in Iceland and the UK, in relation to offshore wind farms. Satellite transmitters were fitted to Whooper Swans at sites in the UK in winter 2008/2009 and in Iceland in August 2009 to provide information on the swans' tracks during migration. The full report can be downloaded from the COWRIE website at http://www.offshorewindfarms.co.uk/Pages/ Publications/Latest_Reports/Birds/The_migration_of_whoop5b2d9bbf/ Goose Specialist Group bulletin now avaiable to download [added 11/06/2010] Goose Bulletin is the official bulletin of the Goose Specialist Group of Wetlands International and IUCN-Species Survival Commission. The bulletin can be downloaded from the Goose Specialist Group website at http://www.geese.nl/gsg/ International Swan Census 2010 [added 15/03/2010] Despite the heavy snow and icy conditions that dominated Britain and Ireland just days before the dates for the International Swan Census, 16/17 January 2010, feedback from counters suggested that survey coverage was not likely to be severely impacted and so we eventually decided to proceed. Thanks to the weather warming up just in time and the extra special effort made by many of the counters coverage does appear to have been good! We would like to thank everyone who took part, particularly those who took the extra time to visit additional sites, and those who surveyed in difficult conditions. It does seem, however, that the weather had effected the typical distribution of both species. Numerous reports have been received from sites where swans were absent or only seen in low numbers, particularly where waterbodies were still frozen. However, at this stage it is difficult to draw conclusions about overall numbers as many counts are still awaited. We have, however, received results from the Ouse Washes - the top site for Whooper and Bewick's Swans that suggest numbers there were slightly higher than average, as were counts from a few other key sites. To accurately estimate the population size of Bewick's and Whooper Swans, survey coverage of Britain and Ireland needs to be as complete as possible. Given the weather conditions during the 2010 census, there is a greater than normal chance that some sites, including irregular ones not normally utilised by the swans, were not counted, and as a result the total collated counts may not reflect the true number of birds present at that time. As a consequence, we will be reviewing whether it may be advisable to repeat the census again next year. In order for us to assess whether this is the case, we need to receive any counts as soon as possible so that a prompt decision can be made about the need for this. For those of you who took part in the census, we would therefore be extremely grateful if you could return completed census forms to your Local or National Organiser as promptly as you can. Thank you very much to all of you who have already done so. The final results will not be available until next year, but we will keep you all informed of any initial findings via these web pages. National Organisers: Great Britain - Colette Hall and Jacqui Reed, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire GL2 7BT. Northern Ireland Graham McElwaine, IWSSG, 100 Strangford Road, Downpatrick, Co Down GT30 7JD. Republic of Ireland Helen Boland, BWI, PO Box 12, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Results of the Greenland White-fronted Goose Census 2008/09 now available [added 22/02/2010] Results of the Greenland White-fronted Goose Census have now been summarised. Visit the latest results section of the species account pages to find out about abundance and breeding success in 2008/09. A pdf of the full survey report can be downloaded here. Revised Birds of Conservation Concern assessment published [added 02/06/2009] The status of birds in the UK is regularly assessed by a partnership of the UK's leading conservation organisations including WWT. On 28 May 2009 the most recent quantitative review of the status of the birds that occur regularly here, updating the last review in 2002, was published. Further information is available on our Indicators and Assessments page.
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