John from "The Stray Rambler" blog left a comment on one of my Coniston posts about the ring he had spotted on the leg of an adult Mute Swan in one of my photos. I had completely missed the fact that the swan was ringed so many thanks to John.
Cropped photo of the ring with the letter number combination clearly visible.
John had kindly tried to find out more about the swan without success and I couldn't find out any information either so I sent the details off to the BTO ringing department.
A few days later I had an email from the NW Swan Study giving some details about the swan. She was originally ringed as an adult female on 8th December, 2009, at Marine Lake, Southport and has been on Coniston since 24th October, 2013. It was good to learn a little more about the swan and I am really grateful to NW Swan Study for sending me details.
