Swans unlock migration mystery
Until now, their long distance flight paths have canada canada goose clearance goose clearance been shrouded in mystery.
Previous research has focused on the swans Canada Goose Parka at the beginning and end of their journey, but this is canada goose the first time individuals will have been tracked along their whole route.
Scientists travelled to Arctic Canada Goose online Russia in August to find the stars of this project the Bewick’s swans Alexei, Andrei, Anatoli, Kostya and Pechora, and Huc the whooper.
“We found the swans in the Pechora Delta, which is about as far north as Canada Goose Jackets you can go before the https://www.canadagoosejacket-outlet.ca land runs out,” said Julian Hector, Editor of the BBC’s Natural History Unit Radio. “They are all non breeding canada goose clearance sale adults, who were hanging around in sort of teenage gangs.
“At that time of year they are flightless, due to the moult, so we were able to catch them with giant butterfly nets.”
Researchers Canada Goose Outlet hope that the transmitters will also reveal which lakes the swans stop at to rest and replenish their energy reserves.
Information like this will be helpful in conservation efforts.
“Detail is very important when designing conservation strategies for migrant swans,” said Tony Richardson, WWT Director.
“Knowing that they put down in Estonia is cheap canada goose uk not enough. We need to know what lakes they use to feed en route. Something like canada goose coats on sale the size of Canada Goose Coats On Sale a lake we can conserve and manage, canada goose coats not something the size of a country.”
Biologists know that thousands of Bewick’s swans spend the winter in Britain and Holland but uk canada goose virtually nothing is known about canada goose black friday sale where whooper swans from the Russian tundra migrate canada goose store to, or their flight path.
“It had been assumed that they travelled directly south to winter in places like Kazakhstan, but Huc is heading this way, which is a real canadian goose jacket surprise,” cheap Canada Goose said Mr Hector. “As we speak, he is on the Russian/Finnish border.”
The transmitters fitted to the uk canada goose outlet birds are very sensitive, buy canada goose jacket cheap conveying their position within a square kilometre, their canada goose uk shop speed and even Canada Goose sale temperature. But, sadly, the canada goose uk black friday news is not always good.
“Kostya flew 1,700 miles and landed in a lake in Estonia. Then his signal suddenly stopped,” Mr Hector canada goose factory sale told BBC News Online. “We are very worried about him because we know a Canada Goose Online lot of shooting goes on around there.”
The remaining swans’ progress buy canada goose jacket can be tracked online from the BBC Radio Four website, and the Today programme will give daily updates from Monday.
Julian canada goose uk outlet Hector said: “We are not only finding out their route for the first time, we are unpicking the event to reveal a huge amount of information and surprising facts.”.
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