Flying with swans: Conservationist Sacha Dench
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Conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench didn't let the small matter of a fear of flying stop her taking to the sky in a motorised paraglider in pursuit of migrating swans. Her first mission in 2016 involved flying 7,000 kms across 11 countries to track the migrating Bewick's swan, earned her the nickname "the human swan', Her next project has been delayed until next year by the pandemic but involves following ospreys across Europe to West Africa. Also in the pipeline is an even longer expedition from Alaska across Asia down to New Zealand.
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