Swan Migration

Synopsis: In 2003 BBC Radio 4’s Natural History Unit joined forces with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to discover more about the behaviour of some of our favourite winter visitors. Six swans from Arctic Russia were satellite tagged to track their return to Britain. The Today Programme followed their journey, special feature programmes revealed the science of migration and The Living World - Coming Home visited the WWT’s reserve at Welney - one of the potential landing sites. The website archive of that project. includes audio recordings of these four programmes as well analysing the importance of weather on migration and giving details of their progress
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2003
Notes: Broadcast on Radio 4 during the first week of November 2003
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: birds; migration - animal; swans

Title: Heading South
Synopsis: A team from the BBC Natural History Unit and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust follow the progress of Bewick’s and Whooper swans from Siberia to the UK
Duration: 30 mins
Title: Finding the Way
Synopsis: Brett Westwood explores the mysteries of swan migration with Colin Pennycuick and members of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Duration: 30 mins
Title: Land of Plenty, The
Synopsis: Brett Westwood investigates the problems of conservation of migratory birds, especially the Arctic swan whose journey crosses several countries
Duration: 30 mins
Title: Coming Home
Synopsis: A live recording from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney on 9 November 2003 in which Brett Westwood welcomes the Whooper and Bewick’s swans as they arrive from the Arctic
Duration: 22 mins

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