BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:29:00
There is fewer than 18,000. so welcome to the scott house museum. this is where the bill pattern study first started in 1963. this winter is the 60th anniversary of the bewick�*s swan survey. it was started by conservationist sir peter scott, who sat at this window meticulously painting the beaks of every swan. you can see here these beautiful drawings that he did of each individual bill pattern and you can see that there are three perspectives that he painted for each swan. this is one of the world's longest running animal research projects. the advantage of having so much data year after y...
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