Irish Birding Sighting Record
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/130595/Mute_Swan.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting Ref : | IB130595 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting Date : | 12 Aug 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name : | Mute Swan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name : | Cygnus olor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location : | Tacumshin | ||||||||||||||||||
| County : | Wexford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number Seen : | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Principal Observer(s) : | Noel Keogh, Killian Mullarney Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reported By : | Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments : | A brood of 12 Mute Swan cygnets at Tacumshin includes no less than 6 so-called 'Polish', a genetically determined colour variant which results in white cygnets with pale pinkish legs and feet. Not a subspecies, considered quite rare, but probably overlooked, there have been one or two 'Polish' cygnets at Tacumshin in recent summers. This party was first noted on 26 July 2020 (Noel Keogh) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Photographer(s) : | © Killian Mullarney | ||||||||||||||||||
