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The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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Volunteers during the swan round up
The biggest swan round up in the UK
The biggest swan round up in the UK has just taken place early this morning(sat) at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset. (collective noun: a lamentation of swans or herd).
Some 500 wild swans were corralled and slowly driven to a landing point at The Abbotsbury Swannery at the end of the waterway that lies just inside Chesil Beach on the Jurassic coast. Hundreds of volunteers of all ages walked to nearly waist deep in order to help keep the swans moving in the right direction.
The giant birds at this time of year are mainly flightless due to them moulting their feathers so they can be very carefully encouraged up the shallow tidal water to a place where a team of handlers can examine, weigh and ring the birds.
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Some of world's rarest birds captured on camera - 25 Jan 2011
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World's Rarest Birds Captured On Camera
These remarkable pictures reveal some of the world's rarest birds - which have only ever been photographed by a handful of people.
The unique shots were captured by patient photographers who travelled to some of the remotest places on the planet and spent weeks behind the lens.
They are all winning entries in an international competition to secure images of the 566 most threatened birds on Earth.
They are to be featured in a new book, The World's Rarest Birds, which aims to highlight the plight of these endangered birds.
"These are all incredibly rare birds and capturing them on camera shows a huge commitment by each photographer," said Andy Swash, a member of the World's Rarest Project team.
"You can't just go out into your back garden and get these shots. These birds live in really remote locations.
"Once you have got there you often have to spend hours waiting to see these and getting any image, let alone the one you want, could take weeks or months."
One of the most spectacular images shows a Kakapo, a flightless parrot from New Zealand, taken by photographer Shane McInnes.
There are just 124 of these birds remaining in the wild, but amazingly this picture was snapped on a compact camera just a metre or so away from the parrot.
"Very few people have been fortunate to get that close to a Kakapo. But they are not used to predators and are not worried by humans so Shane has ended up was able to take this fantastic shot," added Andy.
Another image shows a Brazilian Merganser with its eight young ducklings, which can only be found on fast-flowing rivers in central Brazil and north-eastern Argentina.
The population is less than 250 and decreasing due to pollution and changes in water flow.
The Christmas Island Frigatebird, captured in flight by...
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Magellanic Penguins And Shadows. Magellanic Penguins on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands pause to survey their surroundings. These penguins are currently classified as vulnerable, due in part to depletion of fish populations, thus making the penguins swim much farther for food.
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Gentoo Penguins On The Falkland Islands. Gentoo Penguins breed on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, and are the largest penguin after the Emperor and King. They feed mainly on crustaceans and fish.
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Gentoo Penguins On The Falkland Islands. Gentoo Penguins breed on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, and are the largest penguin after the Emperor and King. They feed mainly on crustaceans and fish.
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Penguins live in large colonies in the Antarctic region
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Penguins live in large colonies in the Antarctic region
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