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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColinD" data-source="post: 1308461" data-attributes="member: 55409">12th October - 10,000 Pink-feet and Ross's GooseStaggering numbers of geese again from the Old Coach Road, but frustratingly not often viewable, except when they took to the air. However towards evening they began to land on fields adjacent to the track to Old House Farm. There were at least 8000 birds in this one field, but still we couldn't see the Ross's Goose, though there were two leucistic Pink-feet. As we watched, two or three thousand more arrived from the west and landed out of view on Simonswood Moss. In total, we spent about 4 hours here for a 30 second view of the Ross's Goose in flight.There were another 2000 Pink-feet on Kings Moss, whilst in Dairy Farm Road there was a male Stonechat and still 131 Curlew from the Old Coach Road. The biking has been superb recently. I've not used the car all weekend, yet I've seen more geese than I could have seen at Martin Mere, and just as good views without the need to go in a hide. Awsome :t:Total birding miles by bike so far in 2008: 1022 (62 bike rides)Number of miles since last puncture: 1007 </blockquote>