January 2020 sees the next of the 5-yearly International Bewick’s and Whooper Swan Censuses take place across northwest Europe. The coordinated censuses, organised by the IUCN SSC Swan Specialist Group together with National Count Coordinators and Wetlands International, aims to assess the population size, distribution, breeding success and habitat choice for:

• the Northwest European Bewick’s Swan Population,
• the NW Mainland Europe Whooper Swan Population and,
• the Icelandic Whooper Swan Population.

If you would like to participate in the census, please get in touch with your National Organiser of the International Waterbird Census or by contacting the appropriate species coordinator below.

Wim Tijsen

Bewick’s Swan Census Coordinator

Wetlands International / IUCN Swan Specialist Group

Poelweg 12,

1778 KB Westerland

The Netherlands

e-mail: wimtijsen@ziggo.nl

Preben Clausen

NW Mainland Europe Whooper Swan Census Coordinator

Department of Bioscience

Aarhus University

Kalø

Grenåvej 14

DK-8410 Rønde

Denmark

e-mail: pc@bios.au.dk

Kane Brides

Icelandic Whooper Swan Census Coordinator

Wetlands International / IUCN Swan Specialist Group

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Slimbridge, Gloucester GL2 7BT

United Kingdom

e-mail: kane.brides@wwt.org.uk

Eileen Rees

Chair: Wetlands International / IUCN Swan Specialist Group

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Martin Mere, Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 0TA

United Kingdom

e-mail: eileen.rees@wwt.org.uk