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Geese, swans, or Yellow-broweds? Not sure which you mean there! :-OI wonder at which point Scottish and Norfolk birds diverge or do some traverse Scandinavia?
Geese, swans, or Yellow-broweds? Not sure which you mean there! :-OI wonder at which point Scottish and Norfolk birds diverge or do some traverse Scandinavia?
Geese, swans, or Yellow-broweds? Not sure which you mean there! :-O
But if it's geese, which ones split between Norfolk and Scotland? The vast majority of Britain's geese come from Iceland and Svalbard so go nowhere near Russia at all; only a very small number of albifrons Whitefronts visit Britain reliably (and they're scattered along the length of the east coast of England, hardly any in Scotland) and a tiny few rossicus Tundra Beans (again, scattered on the English east coast, very rare in Scotland). The Taiga Beans southeast of Glasgow breed in Sweden, so don't go anywhere near St Petersburg either; not sure where the Suffolk Taiga Beans breed, but I'd suspect also Sweden. So I fear, with geese, the question is a non-starter. And ditto for swans; virtually all of Britain's Whoopers are Icelandic, a tiny few Scandinavian; while Bewick's only do southern England, it's a mega in Scotland.Not very good at reading then, are you? Andy clearly stated.
No, not at all. How about you explain it, then? None - or virtually none - of the geese wintering in Britain (and particularly not those wintering in Scotland) come over St Petersburg, so there cannot be a divergence point there relevant to Britain. So what is the question, then?If the question was beyond your comprehension abilities, so be it. Me thinks more a case, as usual, of you preferring to make smart arse comments.
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!
No, not at all. How about you explain it, then? None - or virtually none - of the geese wintering in Britain (and particularly not those wintering in Scotland) come over St Petersburg, so there cannot be a divergence point there relevant to Britain. So what is the question, then?
Back on topic ...
Hoping to do the same tomorrow :t:
(Pick sloes, that is, for Sloe Gin, although will be the first time for us)
Ditto in Northumbs :t:Stacks of Fieldfares and Redwings coming in off the North Sea in Aberdeen this morning. Almost a constant stream of birds.
The vast majority of Britain's geese come from Iceland and Svalbard so go nowhere near Russia at all; only a very small number of albifrons Whitefronts visit Britain reliably (and they're scattered along the length of the east coast of England, hardly any in Scotland)
Yep. But not many left there now - with overall warming winters, most are short-stopping in Germany and Netherlands, or coming on brief visits to the English east coast during the odd cold snaps when it freezes badly there.I had always thought that Russian Whitefronts wintered in Slimbridge and East Anglia? Pretty sure they're not Greenland birds which winter in Scotland and on the Dyfi in Wales (and Ireland).