Geese flying north for the summer

[Rosiew]

I saw some flying north on the 18th February ...

anyone else seen any .....

[Dogghound]

On the 28th of Feb travelling North, dont know the species and doubt you could tell from the photo, very very vocal.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

On the 28th of Feb travelling North, dont know the species and doubt you could tell from the photo, very very vocal.

Not for sure, but my money's on Pinkfeet!

[Dogghound]

How can you tell? is it the formation?

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

How can you tell? is it the formation?

Certainly Pinkfeet often fly in skeins like that + I expect some of the huge numbers that winter in north Norfolk would be starting to move north. Their calls are pretty distinctive too! A sort of "vink, vink"- a real sound of winter birding in Norfolk!

Most of the Greylag to the south of you are feral birds that probably wouldn't be flying so high + are heavily built. Bean Geese are fairly rare so wouldn't be forming large flocks.

[Dogghound]

Cheers for that Aeshna very interesting. They sounded like that too.

[naturelover]

i hear them going over my house even in the dark,you cant mistake their call,i also have some living two or three doors away from me,they are quite noisy in the night or should say early morning,i often wonder if there is a Fox lurking around somewhere.