Migratory birds direction in winter (1 Viewer)

[sriramoda]

Hi all,
I am currently living in NRW region, Germany. I watched large group of birds flying towards north western direction in the sky. Their flying pattern is like v-shaped. I was just wondering which bird species would be flying towards colder places in winter and why? I would be happy to know about this.
Thank you

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Welcome to BirdForum. It's an interesting question. Keep in mind that a lot of birds head as much west as south for the winter in Europe, since western Europe is generally much milder than the east. I live in northeast Scotland and a year or so back I saw a Black-headed Gull that had a colour ring. When I contacted the ringers, they told me the bird had regularly been reported in my area over several winters. It was originally ringed at a breeding colony in northern Germany. It seems as though that bird normally migrates northwest for the winter.

 

[sriramoda]

Welcome to BirdForum. It's an interesting question. Keep in mind that a lot of birds head as much west as south for the winter in Europe, since western Europe is generally much milder than the east. I live in northeast Scotland and a year or so back I saw a Black-headed Gull that had a colour ring. When I contacted the ringers, they told me the bird had regularly been reported in my area over several winters. It was originally ringed at a breeding colony in northern Germany. It seems as though that bird normally migrates northwest for the winter.

Thank you so much. That explains why they are flying in north west direction.

 

[delia todd]

Hi sriramoda and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. I have similar confusion here, with geese flying north. But this is usually in the morning time and they heading off for the day to feed somewhere. They then fly south to their favoured loch (lake) to roost for the night.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[KC Foggin]

Welcome aboard sriramoda

 

[Lisa W]

Hi, welcome to the forum. I think you will find us a friendly and helpful group.

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. I hope you enjoy your visits.

 

[jurek]

Welcome!

Your birds can be also gulls. They fly long distances every evening to their sleeping places on large waters. It is not related to migration,

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Geese will do the same thing, daily flights between roosting & feeding sites.