Flight Of The Swans

@WWTworldwide puts a totally new perspective on migration with this record-breaking 7,000km paramotor flight from the arctic with Bewick’s swans

[Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @BonnConvention]

Removing lead from the environment would save not only the lives of millions of waterbirds, but protect human health

#Leadshot is highly toxic

Use your country’s vote on the REACH Committee to ban the use of #leadammunition over wetlands urges CMS Ambassador @sachadench

[Sacha Dench @sachadench]

We need hunters to step up & help solve this. Please. A million waterbirds die in Europe, every year, from eating used lead ammunition. Tragic, agonising, unnecessary… & totally solvable. Please read the brilliant, sensible Jacques Trouvillez on #shooting #LeadShot.

[MitsubishiUK @MitsubishiUK]

#Throwback to when @WWTSlimbridge set off on an epic quest with five Mitsubishis to follow the 'Flight of the Swans' across 7,000 km and 11 countries. 🦢

@WWTSwanFlight @WWTworldwide

[Flight Of The Swans @WWTSwanFlight]

@IainPlumtree Not quite! The flyway from Russia is part of me, and we have more visits planned for ongoing work, but I’ve a different route planned...;-)

[Flight Of The Swans @WWTSwanFlight]

Who’s up for hearing how we put a massive project like FotS together, why so many people stepped in to help, and why I’m doing it all again?

[Bristol24/7 @bristol247]

Join Sacha Dench as she recounts her groundbreaking flight by paramotor from Russia to the UK to save an endangered swan. #bigideas. Ticket here: https://t.co/pdEffzU9J2. #ad

[Flight Of The Swans @WWTSwanFlight]

@connorwalsh @sachadench @BBCEarth Thanks Connor. Glad the story is still moving people.

[Flight Of The Swans @WWTSwanFlight]

I was just telling the stories of migrating birds, from their point of view ... and it is equally heartbreaking and magnificent. @WWTworldwide did something incredible in backing this approach and the Project lives on in initiatives right across the flyway.

[African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) @unep_aewa]

Another AEWA priority species in focus today: Conservation of the NW European #BewicksSwan population: the diverse initiatives underway. Further waterbird conservation to be discussed at #AEWAMOP7 in 4 days! https://t.co/L7dYy2rYdr

[WWT Welney @WWTWelney]

This week the first Bewick's swans have arrived back in the UK with one particular bird making a beeline past its GPS tagged friends - Leho motored past Daisy Clarke and Hope. Read Julia Newth's blog about the Bewick's migration so far > https://t.co/n4bNZKZQwR

[Sacha Dench @sachadench]

When there’s a bird in distress, and you convince enough people that your mad idea might just work...

[WWT Welney @WWTWelney]

The Bewick's swans are steadily making their migration too although some have further to travel than others. The closest reports are from the Netherlands and France this week, but out GPS tagged birds Leho and Daisy Clarke are still in Estonia with Hope now in Latvia.

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

Exciting news!! Daisy Clarke, one of our special tagged Bewick's swans, is officially on the move through Russia! A frequent winter visitor at @WWTWelney, Daisy Clarke is the first of our tagged swans to begin the epic migration south so far this year.

[University Centre Weston @UCWeston]

And here's our @UCWeston Graduation Day 2018 preview... https://t.co/FcIJ7vlUyz
🎓🎓🎓

[Sacha Dench @sachadench]

The tundra was far kinder to me on @WWTSwanFlight! Good effort @KaneBrides and @NatureNorthEast

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

In case you missed it: watch Sacha's interview from @BBCBreakfast this morning where she talks about the impact of farming on the UK's wintering Bewick's swan population and the lasting legacy of @WWTSwanFlight 🦢

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

Don't miss @sachadench who'll be on @BBCBreakfast anytime now! She's talking all about @WWTSwanFlight and sharing some important findings from WWT researcher @drkevinwood on the impact of UK farming on Bewick's swan numbers > https://t.co/tQo0xI7ciZ

[Wildlife Film News @Wildlife_Film]

Check out this month’s #WildlifeFilm News… Mentions: @Wildeye @sachadench @WWTSwanFlight @offspringfilms @plantbasednews @BWPAwards @chrispalmer_au @JWFF1 @scienceSMASH @WildscreenFest @AbbieSongThrush @Karmuncol @EscapeToNature @RDPmicro @DAVIDECAPRELLI https://t.co/1UNz3r3bV1

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

Did you know that before @WWTSwanFlight, @sachadench was terrified of flying?! Hear her tell @BBCWomansHour how she conquered her fears to embark on her incredible 7000km journey, & all about some of the incredible swan encounters she had along the way 👉 https://t.co/kWBBZkyMe3

[Sacha Dench @sachadench]

This week I’m to receive the Britannia trophy for my flight, but success came from not focusing on the finish line or a 1st. Success was surrounding myself with good people (@WWTworldwide is full of them), trying my hardest, & sharing great stories with people along the way.

[Flight Of The Swans @WWTSwanFlight]

Sacha is first woman in 50 years to win aviation award https://t.co/6FNBKmzWV8