Hyko: winter habitat of wild swans at Suibara

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Rose Lesser

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The winter home of up to 1,000 Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus at Hyko, Japan, is described. The swans are artificially fed and given complete protection on a small (18 ha) reservoir on the outskirts of the town. Details are given of the past history of the area, the build-up in swan numbers, and some of their food plants.

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Lesser, R. (1973). Hyko: winter habitat of wild swans at Suibara. Wildfowl, 33–42. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154890
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Wildfowl 24
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