Hi All, I saw another flock today whilst on my way to college - Around 125 birds flying NW at around 8.30am over the east Lancs road at Lane Head (Lowton)
Kane
-- Edited by Kane Brides at 18:47, 2007-01-16
Pete Hines said
Tue Jan 16 7:40 AM, 2007
Rick Burnett reported 30 Pink-feet flying NW over Turn Moss, Stretford at 14.45 on 15th Jan
Tom McKinney said
Mon Jan 15 10:30 PM, 2007
Just checked the news nationally and there were other largish flocks moving nw over Notts, Derbyshire and North Yorks today.
The BTO Migration Atlas shows that numbers of Pinkfeet in both Norfolk and Lancs/M'side fall sharply after December, whereas numbers in Dumfries & Galloway (and Scotland as a whole) increase sharply after December. So presumably they are shifting to prepae for the big push up to Iceland in March/April.
They'll seriously regret moving over to the west coast when these gale force westerlies strike on Thursday!
Judith Smith said
Mon Jan 15 10:07 PM, 2007
I have hd 3 reports of Pinkfeet today: 120 at 1515hrs Rumworth, 180 over Horwich at 1230hrs and Ian Woosey had some somewhere too (still working out the direction!)
Kane Brides said
Mon Jan 15 8:02 PM, 2007
Hi Tom,
I presume I got the same ones as you going over Bee Fold Lane (Atherton) about 12.40. Both flying in two groups one ahead of the other.
Cheers Kane
-- Edited by Kane Brides at 20:01, 2007-01-15
Geoff Hargreaves said
Mon Jan 15 7:56 PM, 2007
tom i saw the same 2 skien,s over salford a little earlier they appeared to be quite high,are they heading for coast
dave broome said
Mon Jan 15 7:47 PM, 2007
Some went noisily west over Ashton-in-Makerfield in the dark at about 5:45 tonight - could do with night vision bins!
Tom McKinney said
Mon Jan 15 6:31 PM, 2007
Two skeins of Geese sp. (presumably Pinkfeet) seen distantly and not heard, heading NW viewing north from Hope Carr early afternoon. The first (c200 birds) about 12.30pm and the second (c120 birds) about 1.15pm.
Anyone else have a goose extravangaza today?
Tom
Hi All, I saw another flock today whilst on my way to college - Around 125 birds flying NW at around 8.30am over the east Lancs road at Lane Head (Lowton)
Kane
-- Edited by Kane Brides at 18:47, 2007-01-16
The BTO Migration Atlas shows that numbers of Pinkfeet in both Norfolk and Lancs/M'side fall sharply after December, whereas numbers in Dumfries & Galloway (and Scotland as a whole) increase sharply after December. So presumably they are shifting to prepae for the big push up to Iceland in March/April.
They'll seriously regret moving over to the west coast when these gale force westerlies strike on Thursday!
Hi Tom,
I presume I got the same ones as you going over Bee Fold Lane (Atherton) about 12.40. Both flying in two groups one ahead of the other.
Cheers Kane
-- Edited by Kane Brides at 20:01, 2007-01-15
tom i saw the same 2 skien,s over salford a little earlier they appeared to be quite high,are they heading for coast
Some went noisily west over Ashton-in-Makerfield in the dark at about 5:45 tonight - could do with night vision bins!