@WWTworldwide puts a totally new perspective on migration with this record-breaking 7,000km paramotor flight from the arctic with Bewick’s swans
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Removing lead from the environment would save not only the lives of millions of waterbirds, but protect human health
#Leadshot is highly toxic
Use your country’s vote on the REACH Committee to ban the use of #leadammunition over wetlands urges CMS Ambassador @sachadench
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We need hunters to step up & help solve this. Please. A million waterbirds die in Europe, every year, from eating used lead ammunition. Tragic, agonising, unnecessary… & totally solvable. Please read the brilliant, sensible Jacques Trouvillez on #shooting #LeadShot.
“Phasing out #LeadShot in #wetlands is one of the legally binding obligations for AEWA Parties. Despite progress made, the continued lead poisoning of huge numbers of #birds shows that legal obligations are yet to be met,” - Mr Trouvilliez, ExSec of AEWA bit.ly/3dMZf7Y
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#Throwback to when @WWTSlimbridge set off on an epic quest with five Mitsubishis to follow the 'Flight of the Swans' across 7,000 km and 11 countries. 🦢
@WWTSwanFlight @WWTworldwide
Who’s up for hearing how we put a massive project like FotS together, why so many people stepped in to help, and why I’m doing it all again? – at Chagford, England
Join Sacha Dench as she recounts her groundbreaking flight by paramotor from Russia to the UK to save an endangered swan. #bigideas. Ticket here: buff.ly/2MOU4K7. #ad
I was just telling the stories of migrating birds, from their point of view ... and it is equally heartbreaking and magnificent. @WWTworldwide did something incredible in backing this approach and the Project lives on in initiatives right across the flyway. – at Chagford, England
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Another AEWA priority species in focus today: Conservation of the NW European #BewicksSwan population: the diverse initiatives underway. Further waterbird conservation to be discussed at #AEWAMOP7 in 4 days! bit.ly/2SdZi1I
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This week the first Bewick's swans have arrived back in the UK with one particular bird making a beeline past its GPS tagged friends - Leho motored past Daisy Clarke and Hope. Read Julia Newth's blog about the Bewick's migration so far > bit.ly/2yIXfeR
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When there’s a bird in distress, and you convince enough people that your mad idea might just work...
Earlier at #tedxtruro I also had the privilege of chatting to @sachadench (AKA the human swan) after she told us about her extraordinary #FlightOfTheSwans from the Russian #Arctic to @WWTSlimbridge aided only by a #paramotor.
Total #genius, not madness!
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The Bewick's swans are steadily making their migration too although some have further to travel than others. The closest reports are from the Netherlands and France this week, but out GPS tagged birds Leho and Daisy Clarke are still in Estonia with Hope now in Latvia.
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Exciting news!! Daisy Clarke, one of our special tagged Bewick's swans, is officially on the move through Russia! A frequent winter visitor at @WWTWelney, Daisy Clarke is the first of our tagged swans to begin the epic migration south so far this year.
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And here's our @UCWeston Graduation Day 2018 preview... bit.ly/2CPYvkR
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After #ExpeditionBewicks hold up to rough water,the tundra served up tremendous thunderstorm to drench the team.The research hut let in water but tents kept important kit & Kane & @wwtwashington’s David dry overnight.Despite all,11 Bewick’s caught.Hope ‘Noom’ sends fairer weather
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In case you missed it: watch Sacha's interview from @BBCBreakfast this morning where she talks about the impact of farming on the UK's wintering Bewick's swan population and the lasting legacy of @WWTSwanFlight 🦢
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Don't miss @sachadench who'll be on @BBCBreakfast anytime now! She's talking all about @WWTSwanFlight and sharing some important findings from WWT researcher @drkevinwood on the impact of UK farming on Bewick's swan numbers > bit.ly/2M2NQDo
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Check out this month’s #WildlifeFilm News… Mentions: @Wildeye @sachadench @WWTSwanFlight @offspringfilms @plantbasednews @BWPAwards @chrispalmer_au @JWFF1 @scienceSMASH @WildscreenFest @AbbieSongThrush @Karmuncol @EscapeToNature @RDPmicro @DAVIDECAPRELLI wildlife-film.com/Wfn/wfn226…
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Did you know that before @WWTSwanFlight, @sachadench was terrified of flying?! Hear her tell @BBCWomansHour how she conquered her fears to embark on her incredible 7000km journey, & all about some of the incredible swan encounters she had along the way 👉 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2gsk…
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This week I’m to receive the Britannia trophy for my flight, but success came from not focusing on the finish line or a 1st. Success was surrounding myself with good people (@WWTworldwide is full of them), trying my hardest, & sharing great stories with people along the way. – at Nailsworth, England
Sacha is first woman in 50 years to win aviation award itv.com/news/westcountry/201…
Great to have news like this being reported along the flyway! nitter.cf/kanebrides/status/9897…
As we near the end of April, Daisy Clarke is our first tagged swan to cross into Russia, touching down on Lake Ladoga overnight. Leho & Maisie are still at their staging sites in Estonia. Follow the swans here wwt.org.uk/swans/follow-the-…
