We went to see how the swans were doing and record the darvics and metal rings that we could see at Truss's Island. We arrived to find the people from the Swan Sanctuary feeding them bin bags of bread and rolls, and were really pleased to hear that the feeding ban had been lifted on 21st March at midnight.
The Thames had been declared avian flu free. We also found out that birds at Windsor fared rather more badly that the Truss's Island birds and government officials believed that feeding at Staines had allowed stricken birds to recover from the virus. Perhaps visitors to the swans at Windsor took more notice of the notices not to feed. Certainly the booth selling food had been closed during the outbreak.
We recorded a lot of darvics, three metal rings and noticed rather a lot of unringed birds, including quite a few birds hatched the previous year.
Total : 0 (41)
Mute Swan - 0 (41)
The Thames had been declared avian flu free. We also found out that birds at Windsor fared rather more badly that the Truss's Island birds and government officials believed that feeding at Staines had allowed stricken birds to recover from the virus. Perhaps visitors to the swans at Windsor took more notice of the notices not to feed. Certainly the booth selling food had been closed during the outbreak.
We recorded a lot of darvics, three metal rings and noticed rather a lot of unringed birds, including quite a few birds hatched the previous year.
Mute Swans
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Total : 0 (41)
Mute Swan - 0 (41)