Flights of crows

[JoeF]

it's dusk and I've Just seen hundreds, if not thousands of crows(?) flying in 'clumps' and dribs and drabs from east to west. This seems common at this time of year, in fact last year I saw what must have been many thousands making the trip. I've only noticed this in the evenings, never at any other time of day. 1 mile east of us is the sea, while to the west is moorland.
My RSPB handbook states that they rarely move far, while Scandinavian migrants arrive here in autumn, so no help there.

Any ideas anyone

Joe

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by JoeF

it's dusk and I've Just seen hundreds, if not thousands of crows(?) flying in 'clumps' and dribs and drabs from east to west. This seems common at this time of year, in fact last year I saw what must have been many thousands making the trip. I've only noticed this in the evenings, never at any other time of day. 1 mile east of us is the sea, while to the west is moorland.
My RSPB handbook states that they rarely move far, while Scandinavian migrants arrive here in autumn, so no help there.

Any ideas anyone

Joe

you do get big flocks of carrion crows/rooks/jackdaws/starlings around about the end of the breeding season (and we are getting that way). however given the weird behaviour of our birdsthis year it wouldn't suprise me if some birds are arriving early, or indeed grouping early!

[epops]

we get larrge flights of rooks and jackdaws come over our house most nights but there going to roost in a wood near our house i've been there when they arrive and the noise is unbelievable then just as if some kind of signal is given it stops and every thing goes dead quiet.