Zara brings back first mate!
After a few days of closely watching the swans, we have noticed that Zara, named after Olympian Zara Phillips, has a mate! Both adults have been seen closely associating with each other and both have performed greeting rituals and defended territory as a pair – the key signs that they are together. It probably comes as no surprise that we have now named this bird Tindall!
Zara is now three years old, having first visited Slimbridge as a yearling last winter. Our studies have shown that three quarters of Bewick’s at Slimbridge have found a partner by their third year.
