Two families of Whooper Swans were settled in a field opposite the Royal Hill pub today, found by John Reeves. They were in two 'loose' family groups: 2ad + 3juv and 2ad + 1juv mid morning. Another one dropped in, making 9 in total. One of the adults was wearing a yellow darvic ring and despite them being 300m + distant, I did my best to get a meaningful image of the details?
Two adults plus one juvenile...
Here's the best I could do to decipher the ring letters which are JZH
This is a returning adult which I photographed in flight during the winter of 2019/20 on 19th Jan 2020. For more info