Recently, Wildlife Aid received reports of an injured swan that lived in a local park. They arrived on the scene and were shocked by how horrible the swan’s injury was. His neck was covered in blood with a huge bite wound around it. The wound left the swan weak, but not so weak that he […]
Tag: Mute Swan
Man who ‘started on a swan’ insists he grabbed it by the neck and dragged it through the park ‘AFTER it attacked his child’ – as video shows moment he’s confronted by passer-by
A man who allegedly started on a swan insisted he grabbed it by the neck and dragged it through the park only after it attacked his child. Footage shows the man carrying the bird through the park near Caerphilly Castle in south Wales on Sunday afternoon, with the swan flapping its wings in a bid […]
Crimes Against Waterfowl Risen 59% in Last Two Years In The UK
A wave of alarming crimes against waterfowl, including swans, ducks, and geese, is making headlines across England and Wales. From 2020 to 2022, these violent incidents have risen by 59%, as per police data. Unfortunately, the reality might be even worse, as these reported crimes could merely be the ‘tip of the iceberg’. The attacks […]
POLL: Is it justified to kill wild birds to protect the public?
The government’s conservation watchdog has issued licences to destroy 170,000 wild birds, eggs and nests, including rare and declining species such as curlews and swifts, in the past five years. Natural England has given permission to kill birds of more than 70 species, or have their nests and eggs destroyed. These include peregrine falcons, barn […]
Smew
I really can’t wait for my birding in Rogaland as it is all so grey and gloomy in Oslo just now. At least there was no fog today so it was possible to see what little is around. The two remaining Guillemots were visible on Maridalsvannet today and are clearly finding enough to eat. At […]
Territory battle
Instead of heading up the A12 we headed down the M20 arriving at a very murky Dungeness at first light. We attempted a short seawatch but the mist was a real problem as was the rain and lack of wind. We had a few Auks, Gannets and Sandwich Terns along with a single raft of […]
Pennington Marsh – 5th and 9th March
I visited Pennington Marsh on 5th and 9th March and on both days saw much the same. Its a pretty static time of year with winter birds steadily but barely noticeably declining and very few migrants appearing. The Lapwing are now in regular display and are busy making nesting scrapes on the marsh while Black-tailed […]
Birding By The Sea
Well, this is not actually a post about birding by the sea, but birding by the Long Island Sound at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Images in this post are from a trip to Hammonasset in mid-January when I met world eBirders Julie Hart and Daniel Schlaepfer with four additional visits in February. Julie was kind […]