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derekjake

derekjake

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A friend who lives near wells-next-the-sea has told me he saw a small skein of pinks monday flying over head to wards wells , he said there were about 17 in the skein , regards DEREKJAKE
 
john barclay said:
Did he see them coming 'in off'?

John.
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HI JOHN , He saw them between burnham thorpe and north creake heading towards wells , he said they were calling so he was sure they were pinks regards DEREK JAKE
 
The Firecrest said:
Reckon there'll be any around in mid September? Love to see 'em.
Jyothi
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HI FIRECREST , THE PINKFEET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN COMING BACK TO NORFOLK A LOT EARLIER THAN IN YEARS GONE BY , IT IS THOUGHT A LOT OF THEM ARE NOW MISSING OUT SCOTLAND AND COMING STRAIGHT DOWN TO NORFOLK . BY MID SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR THERE WERE A LOT OF PINKS AT HOLKHAM LADY ANNE DRIVE REGARDS DEREKJAKE
 
Thanks Derek. btw, do they winter at any of the following sites: Cley, Holme, Titchwell, Snettisham, Blakeney Harbour? These are the sites I hope to visit when I go to Norfolk (see my signature).
Jyothi
 
The Firecrest said:
Thanks Derek. btw, do they winter at any of the following sites: Cley, Holme, Titchwell, Snettisham, Blakeney Harbour? These are the sites I hope to visit when I go to Norfolk (see my signature).
Jyothi
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HI FIRECREST , There is a large roost at snettisham a peak count of 45,925 pinkfeet was made there in january 1994 , it is estimated that over 75,000 pinks winter on the north norfolk coast each winter, the best time to see numbers is from october onwards , but if you are going to blakeney lady ann drive is only 15 min up the coast try to get there about 1 hour before it gets dark as you go down lady anne drive park facing the field on the left hand side at the bottom as this field is one of their favorites to roost on , they do not normaly start to roost on bob hall sands until mid october , hope your lucky if not try and get back in late december or early january try to choose a time when its not near a full moon as then you will see the most geese returning atone time , hope your lucky firecrest , derekjake
 
Living in Sweden and can tell you that geese are well and truly on the move here, photographed these Beans yesterday with 350 greylags...
 

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Pink-feet really are arriving now, but still in small numbers. If you look at the BirdTrack results for Pink-foot you can see that we should be seeing the majority of birds arriving in the next few weeks:
http://blx1.bto.org/bt-dailyresults/results/s50-20-06.html

It would be good to get as many records as possible on BirdTrack now to really track this arrival. Its easy to register and submit records - just go to www.birdtrack.net

Mark Grantham
BirdTrack Organiser
 
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