First Chinese re-sighting of a
Whooper Swan marked in W Mongolia

Whooper Swan, Moguhu Lake, Xinjiang, China,

March 2011. © Jiansheng Liu &  Jie Xu

A Whooper Swan marked with the blue neck collar “OT51” by a Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia – Mongolian Academy of Sciences team at Airag Lake (48°54’ N, 93°23’ E) in western Mongolia on 29 July 2010 has been photographed in Xinjiang, western China on 13 March 2011. The information came from Mr. Jiansheng Liu and Mr. Jie Xu , who saw the swan together with about 100 other swans at Moguhu Lake (44°26’54.69 N, 85°54’26.98, altitude 391 m). Moguhu Lake is a waste lake near the big city of Shihezi.

Location of capture and re-sighting of the Whooper Swan.

Map © Google Earth, 2011

This information was communicated by Prof. Ma Ming from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Many thanks to Prof. Ma Ming and the observers, Mr. Jiansheng Liu and Mr. Jie Xu.

You can learn more about our waterbird marking efforts from the Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia website.