Whistling Swan

Cygnus columbianus columbianus (Ord, 1815) (0, 2)

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Sub-species of Tundra Swan.

STATUS

North America.

OVERVIEW

Pale yellow teardrops on the bill determine this sub-species.

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BBRC RECORDS

1.0). 1986 Somerset Hay Moor and Curry Moor, adult, 5th to 25th January; same, Durleigh Reservoir, 26th January, 12th February; also in Hampshire.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 545).

1.1). 1986 Hampshire Ibsley, adult, 31st December to 25th January 1987, photo; same as Somerset.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 545, plate 280; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 218).

1.2). 1987 Somerset Curry Moor, adult, 12th December to 31st January 1988; presumed returning individual of 1986.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 545).

1.3). 1988 Somerset Curry Moor, West Sedge Moor and Durleigh Reservoir, adult, 26th November to 12th February 1989; presumed returning individual of 1986.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 448).

1.4). 1989 Somerset Curry Moor and Durleigh Reservoir, adult, 26th November to 23rd December; presumed returning individual of 1986.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 448).

1.5). 1990 Somerset Wet Moor, adult, 3rd to 4th January; same, King's Sedgemoor, 15th February; same, Curry Moor, 3rd March; presumed returning individual of 1986.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 513-514).

2). 1998 Lincolnshire Nocton Fen, adult, 22nd January.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 561).