Great Knot (3 Viewers)

[Edward woodwood]

surely the same....?

 

[Bluetail]

Surely, Tim. One is amazing enough; two would be cosmically mind-mangling.

 

[Michael Frankis]

surely the same....?

Unless there has been a peculiar weather situation that has caused several to fly this way . . . we'll never know!

Michael

 

[StevieEvans]

Maybe they hit a bit ruff weather... :eek!:
SE

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

I think it is likely to be the same bird. But I can think of parallels. American Coot was equally rare before last winter then three turned up.

Stephen.

 

[Bluetail]

True, Stephen, but there's no evidence that the three arrived in tandem. They turned up at different times: 30 Nov, 25 Jan and 17 Feb.

 

[mountain man]

True, Stephen, but there's no evidence that the three arrived in tandem. They turned up at different times: 30 Nov, 25 Jan and 17 Feb.

Jason,

They were FOUND on those days

I reckon they were released on the same day by the same guy releasing these Great Knots and just wandered a bit until settling and eventually being found.

Unless they were genuine vagrants of course... and how likely is that???

 

[Bluetail]

Who says they wandered? Probably there all the time: most people only look at Coots as a last resort!