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Whooper Swans - Cygnus cygnus225 viewsit's good to see Whooper Swans returning to our local farmland again this autumn
photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta189 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus211 viewsphotographed @ Flukehall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese - Anser brachyrhynchus222 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus219 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta214 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta221 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta202 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose217 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose192 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose220 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose215 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese241 viewsphotographed @ Backsands Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese222 viewsphotographed @ Backsands Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling220 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Fluke Hall Lane Pilling228 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Red-legged Partridge227 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans230 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling250 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese245 viewsa trio of birds that includes two ringed birds, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose221 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose234 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese253 viewstaking to the sky en masse after being spooked, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese232 viewstaken @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Goose229 viewsphotographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Pink Footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling239 viewsa trio in flight that includes a ringed bird, photographed @ Fluke Hall Lane Pilling

Whooper Swan271 viewssurveying the scene

Whooper Swan226 viewswhat a beautiful looking Swan

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Fluke Hall Lane Pilling230 viewsfeeling sorry for itself in it's sling

Whooper Swan238 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 Swan244 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 Swan240 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 Swan249 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 Swan244 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 Swan249 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 Swan271 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.