Met Dan from the Yorkshire Swan Rescue centre just after 14:00 this afternoon who with the help of a grappling hook and a loaf of Warburtons wholemeal soon had the Whooper safely wrapped up and in the back of his van.
It appears the only injury is poor feather condition due to oil saturation probably from the boats nearby. Dan will clean it up when it gets back to the centre and give it a good feed before hopefully returning it to the wild. He will ring the bird prior to release and will happily keep us informed of it's progress.
Great job Dan and keep up the good work, looking forward to hearing of it's release and hopefully many of reports of the bird returning safely on migration each year.
7 comments:
Well done Andy.
Thank you Any, well done - lets hope it could be on its way back to the Arctic in the fullness of time!
You might find this link helpful britishwildlifehelpline.com/centres It gives a list of loads of places country wide for wildlife injuries etc.
Good work Andy. Nice to see a good result from your efforts.
Well acted Andy, its unlikely that it would have survived there long.
Good result.
Cheers guys, I'm certainly looking forward to hearing of it's progress and once I know the number on the ring will always look a lot more closely at Whooper flocks. Almost feel like we should give it a name :) I'll continue to post updates as and when I get news.
What about" Huytons Whooper" !
lol Brian, sounds like I've got a fat girlfriend lol
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