Cygnus cygnus, Whooper Swan Icelandic visitors at #CocklesBridge on the edge of #RSPBDungeness for a final @sussexornitholo.bsky.social sighting from the 7/2/26 outing and just enough time to see Bewick’s from NE Arctic, Bean & Pink-footed Goose on #WallandMarsh.
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Bewick’s Swans on #WallandMarsh 10/1/26, named for the author/engraver of “A History of British Birds” (1797). The scientific name Cygnus columbianus apparently because they were reported and described at the River Columbia (USA) by the Lewis & Clarke exploratory team.
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A herd of 26 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus plus 4 immature seen at #WallandMarsh on 10/1/26, a scarce winter visitor from Arctic climes and always a welcome sight.
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Some superb windblown/shaped Hawthorns sharing their very last seasonal berry crop with the Winter Thrushes ,some sterling "sympathetic management " from the "guardians of the countryside " on #wallandmarsh #ploddingbirder #owenleyshon

Beautiful late afternoon at #WallandMarsh 25/10. Some birds present In numbers: Common Gull present in numbers (50+ in one field); Stock Dove (20 in another); Pied Wagtail (17 together); Cattle Egret (12 together); Little Egret (3 in field adjacent to Cattle Egret).
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My first ‘little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese’ for rather longer than I want to believe brought a smile to my face as I meandered my way home across #WallandMarsh on Saturday: a singing Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).
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