Hi Sid

I didnt see any planes that low what would have disturbed them the only thing i can come up with is about 15 mins after they went west a shroud of fog came in and i wonder if they could see that in the distance.
While they was blogging it looked as though none of the geese wanted to take the lead role and i have never seen that before geese just flying round in a sort of bunch and just waiting for one of them to decide to lead off

Cheers Jimmy

Jim

Don't know if you have any lowish flying planes round your area - but we live fairly close to the airport and have seen Pink Feet suddenly change direction - on one occasion went back the way they came - if a plane looms up even a longish way off. Could that have been the cause of your birds' strange behaviour?

Sid A

Early Visit 7.00--10.00

30+ Skylarks
60 + Meadow Pipits
30+ Alba Wagtails

All South in 1st Hr

7.30 63 P F Geese east till over the tip then blogged for 5 Min and then came back and went west over Standish(baffling)
also
2 Willow Tits
2 Buzzard
7 Snipe
2 Kestrel
1 Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk M
1 chiffchaff
1 green woodpecker
20+ Yellowhammers
4 pheasants
6 Bullfinch
3 L Grebe
4 Teal
And 1 Hedgehog feeding in the field

This Morning

2 tree sparrows
1 buzzard
2 willow tits
1 stock dove
pr little grebe with young
pr mute swans
1 chiffchaff
2 brown hares

evening visit
1 buzzard being mobbed by crows
2 kestrels
at least 6 tree sparrows
5 singing yellowhammers
2 reed bunting
and loads of wood pigeons

today
9 singing yellowhammers
6 tree sparrows
family parties of blackcaps,whitethroats ,magpies ,and crows
1 kestrel
2 reed buntings
50+ w pigeons
4 stock doves

today after the rain stopped
3 stock dove
2 reed bunting
2 linnets all on ploughed field
on pool
2 shoveler
2 little grebe
1 swallow over
1 kestrel over
nearby
1 willow warbler singing
and 1 chiffchaff

-- Edited by j meadows at 16:32, 2008-04-12

this am
6 tree sparrows
2 linnets
42 rooks from nearby worthington rookery
1 kestrel
gorse hall land
6 pr lapwing
10+ yellowhammers
20 +meadow pipits might have dropped in overnight as no displaying going on
talbot house
2 pr lapwings
1 stock dove
2 curlews

5 tree sparrows,
on nearby pool 2 pr shovelers
1 pr l grebe
2pr lapwing
3 buzzards 2 of which was displaying

9 tree sparrows
10+y/hammers
1 kestrel
4 shoveler
2 teal
10+m pipits
9 jays
6+skylarks
6 lapwings
2 brown hares
and cracking views of snow covered rivington

today
12 tree sparrows
6+ yellowhammers
2 reed buntings

this a m
8 tree sparrows
12 y hammers
6 shoveler
2 gadwall
8 teal
2 little grebe
1 kestrel
gorse hall fields
14 lapwings
14 fieldfare
4 skylarks
talbot house farm
8 lapwings
1 s thrush
1 raven over

this morn while checking tree sparrow feeding station
6 tree sparrows
2 y/hammers 1 m kestrel,1 buzzard
pool nearby was
2 l grebe
2 gadwall
10 teal
12 coot
12 moorhens
4 lapwings
reed bunting singing
9 shovelers
6 y/hammers , skylarks singing
and a steam train on the nearby west coast line

bradley this morn
6 tree sparrows
2 reed buntings
16 teal
pr gadwall
2pr shoveler
4 yellowhammers 2lapwings
surrounding area
10 yellowhammers
10 lapwings
7 skylarks
150+ fieldfare
100+starlings
1 piedwagtail
1 curlew calling
10 carrion crows
4 magpies
1 jay
linnets over

bradley area today
14 teal
12 coot
14 moorhens
2 shoveler
1 kestrel
4 buzzards
2 bullfinch
8 yellowhammers
1 grey heron
35 fieldfare
30+ rooks playing in the wind
20+jackdaw
singing skylarks
1 singing m thrush

today 1.30/2.45
3 pos 4 buzzards
4 kestrels
pr stonechats 1st for tom morton on this sight and me
yellowhammer
linnet
fieldfare
at least 4 teal
snipe
chaffinch
g s woodpecker
jackdaw
b h gull
greenfinch
l t tits
we went there today to see about setting a tree sparrow winter feeding station up
and guess what not a sight or sound of tree sparrows
thanks to allan tom and derek who i was with


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 22nd of September 2009 01:01:28 PM