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15-02-2012, 07:34 PM
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| | | Smew influx
We seem to have a sudden influx of smew in glos/somerset area.Where would these birds have come from ?,they were very few and far between in somerset (if any)before this last week or so. Any ideas ? |
15-02-2012, 07:44 PM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
Perhaps they have moved further south into your area due to frozen conditions earlier in the week and last week on northern waters. The birds close to me all left as the lakes/ponds froze. |
15-02-2012, 07:51 PM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
yes i guess that makes sense.i never put 2 and 2 together because the weather has been fine this last week when they arrived, but only just melted ice on lakes etc.. |
16-02-2012, 09:05 AM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
There were 19 reported on Staines Res on Sunday, after 4 the previous weekend, so it seems to be happening in Surrey too. |
16-02-2012, 09:27 AM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
Anyone know what the weather is like in holland at the moment? this could also be pushing them up into Britain if there are such large numbers appearing, especially in the south-east. |
16-02-2012, 11:44 AM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
It's most likely the freezing conditions on the continent that are pushing them westwards. There have been at least twenty in Suffolk over the last week or so.
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16-02-2012, 02:16 PM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tursiops2  It's most likely the freezing conditions on the continent that are pushing them westwards. | I would agree with this. 3 Females landed in on my local patch (Millbrook Pillinge) a few weeks ago and I was one of the first to twitch them for a lifer. I've also noticed an influx of Pintail recently, I've been struggling to miss them. Presuming no repeat sightings took place, I've seen 120 in the county this year! There not exactly rare in Winter but its surprising how numbers rise so high as the continentals arrive. |
16-02-2012, 05:36 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hayes, Middlesex
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| | | Re: Smew influx
There were 19 reported last Sunday morning at Staines Reservoir, I guess the frozen lakes force them onto areas like this.
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16-02-2012, 06:01 PM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
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Originally Posted by Tursiops2 It's most likely the freezing conditions on the continent that are pushing them westwards. There have been at least twenty in Suffolk over the last week or so.
T2 | That's what the RSPB intimated on their Minsmere blog report as numbers increased during the cold snap. Saw three redheads up at Titchwell last weekend - yet to track down a drake. |
16-02-2012, 06:14 PM
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| | | Re: Smew influx
Smew at Dungeness on saturday.
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