Ferrymoor Flash

The resident female Red darvic Y189 (ringed 20/6/2007 at Anglers Country Park), died during the severe weather of December 2022. 

The resident male Red Y763 (ringed at Doncaster Lakeside in 2009) paired up with an incoming female, Yellow Y187 in March 2023. 

The new female BTO ring number W40097 (ringing date unknown) was fitted with a yellow darvic ring Y187 on 20/8/2021 whilst breeding at Pebley Reservoir in North Derbyshire, a distance of around 27 miles.

The female nested amongst the fallen Willow tree stumps in the middle of the flash and had produced 4 cygnets by 20^th of May, however, only one remained on 7^th July.

My thanks to Dave Pointon and Selby Swan Rescue for the ringing information.