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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Whooper Swans
Whooper Swans
Cygnus cygnus
Photograph © Terry Fountain
East Loch Bee - South Uist - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
25th December, 2006
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Whooper Swan records in the Western Isles
Fairly common passage (occurs in small numbers), and winter visitor (occurs in small numbers), scarce in summer (very small numbers recorded in most years)
The wintering population of Barra and the Uists is of national importance
(Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report)
In 2008 Whooper Swans successfully raised young at Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist. Although the Whooper Swan is fairly common in winter most of them leave in Spring to breed elsewhere, there are very few annual UK breeding records. Six cygnets were born in the Balranald nest.
On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the bird is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.
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(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)
Collective nouns for Swans
A ballet, team, whiting, squadron of swans (dubious this one!) A bank, herd, sounder, drift, lamentation of swans A game, herd, bevy of swans A regatta of swans (on water) A whiteness of swans An eyrar of swans A wedge of swans (flying in a "V") From WIKI
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http://www.hebridesphotographic.com
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