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Whooper Swans - Cygnus cygnus206 viewsit's good to see Whooper Swans returning to our local farmland again this autumn
photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta173 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus195 viewsphotographed @ Flukehall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese - Anser brachyrhynchus201 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus199 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta200 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta204 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta185 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose204 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose172 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose203 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose197 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese215 viewsphotographed @ Backsands Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese207 viewsphotographed @ Backsands Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling202 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling208 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Red-legged Partridge210 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans213 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling237 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese229 viewsa trio of birds that includes two ringed birds, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose200 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose218 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese236 viewstaking to the sky en masse after being spooked, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese215 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose208 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling224 viewsa trio in flight that includes a ringed bird, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swan255 viewssurveying the scene

Whooper Swan208 viewswhat a beautiful looking Swan

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling207 viewsfeeling sorry for itself in it's sling

Whooper Swan220 viewsI'd only got my 105mm macro lens with me, so had to back up quite away to get the whole of the swan in shot.

Whooper Swan220 viewsthe girl from the RSPCA asked me to come with her to Pilling Sands so that when she released the Swan if it was unable to fly I could help her re-catch it. I agreed of course, but what I didn't count on was how fast it could run, it shot off towards the estuary with little chance of us catching it.

Whooper Swan225 viewsI'm free, the Swan makes a dash towards the estuary. I went back to work at this point, but got a call from the RSPCA girl later to confirm the Swan tok to the skies when it was scared by someone on a quad bike.

Whooper Swan231 viewsWhilst driving down Fluke Hall Lane, Pilling, I turned a corner to see this Whooper Swan running towards me with a tractor right behind it, when the swan saw me coming it veered off the road into the hedgerow & became entancled in the branches there. After watching it for a while it became apparent it was stuck, so I phoned the RSPCA, who agreed to send someone out & asked me to wait with the swan until they arrived.

Whooper Swan223 viewsThe swan got quite distressed each time a vehicle sped past, but no matter how much it struggled it couldn't break free of the hedgerow

Whooper Swan235 viewsGotcha - within the hour a young lady from the RSPCA arrived, she was absolutely brilliant. She quickly but carefully grabbed the swan & removed it from the hedgerow with the miimum of fuss, she was obviously very confident handling the bird, I wouldn't have fancied getting in range of it's beak.

Whooper Swan254 viewstime for a firm hand. With the swan restrained she checked it's wings for breaks, the Swan was trying to flap both wings so she concluded it was unlikely it had a broken wing. Apparently they sometimes think roads are rivers & land on them by mistake, stunning themselves, which is maybe what happened to this bird.