The Swan SG was founded in 1970 by William Sladen and works as part of the 'Waterbird Network' jointly with IUCN - Species Survival Commission and BirdLife International.

The aim of the group is to reach a better understanding of all swan species (behaviour, ecology...) and best apply this knowledge to conservation practices.  

For more information please contact John O Albertsen.

 

 Wetlands International in cooperation with the Swan Specialist Group, Leningrad Regional Department on Protected Areas, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and Dienst Landelijk Gebied organised a flyway population Action Plan workshop on the Bewick’s Swan in September 2009 . The workshop was held from 25-29 September in St. Petersburg, Russia and was organised within the framework of the BBI Matra project “The Long Journey. Demonstrating a practical approach to flyway conservation: a Russian-Dutch collaboration”. The action plan focuses on the NW European population of the Bewick’s Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) which has shown quite a dramatic and significant decline for the last decade. The workshop gathered experts from the whole NW Europe flyway including wide representation from the breeding and moulting areas in Russia. For further information please contact Szabolcs Nagy.

Cold winter in west coast of Norway many Whooper swans found dead: http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/rogaland/jaeren/1.7032843

Swan trio nesting in Norway : http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/133566)

Arctic Birds Breeding Conditions Survey: