Andy Adcock
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Flocking here now in St P, ready to move, also a mixed flock of Goldfinches and Tree Pipits noted, feeding up and moving through.
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Berry crops not brilliant in Britain this year, and in many cases stunted and dried out from the summer drought - whether more recent rain will help that I don't know for sure, but unlikely.I have a feeling this winter will be a bumper haul for British birders. Waxwing invasion would be great
Berry crops not brilliant in Britain this year, and in many cases stunted and dried out from the summer drought - whether more recent rain will help that I don't know for sure, but unlikely.
Berry crops not brilliant in Britain this year, and in many cases stunted and dried out from the summer drought - whether more recent rain will help that I don't know for sure, but unlikely.
hugh sloes makes me think you may have picked bullaces always bigger than sloes in size.Hips and haws seem abundant locally here in Hampshire, and two weeks ago my wife and I found some huge sloes! We picked a few for the annul sloe gin making!
hugh sloes makes me think you may have picked bullaces always bigger than sloes in size.
:t:Definitely sloes, we had a Bullace tree in our garden until recently...I was exaggerating the size a bit!
Cranes, Bean & White-fronted Geese and Whooper Swans over here in last days ...but biggest surprise for me was a Yellow-browed Warbler on my land today, a vocal and active bird in trees/bushes at edge of wetland! Needless to say, a new species for my plot and a very unexpected one at that!
I would assume that our Geese will follow the coast and probably cross Estonia et al, what's the hopping off point for the sea crossing, I suppose it depends which part of the UK they're aiming at.
I think a majority of geese entering Estonia end up in the Matsula Bay area, then go southbound to the next major stopover, the Nemunas Delta in Lithuania.
But big numbers also cross eastern Lithuania, these possibly filtering through the eastern borders of Estonia and Latvia or coming straight into Lithuania from a route that passes south of St Petersburg. Here though I guess.