Just had a look at Simon's blog and see that our flock of c160 birds are still with him in Norway.
I had planned to have a trip to the plateau this morning to check on any arrivals but I think that is unlikely although we have had easterly and south easterly winds this past few days. However with that direction of wind in the north sea you get low cloud and rain so most unlikely our geese will have found that suitable to move in our direction.
The bean goose action group have a meeting on Friday of this week to discuss future monitoring and telemetry work. The past three years has given us lots of information and it is now time for us to sit down and assess which direction we should move in with future research. Funding for such work is important and no doubt we will have to be thinking of where such funding can be obtained.
My visit to Glasgow recently to talk to the Glasgow SOC group was very enjoyable and nice opportunity to meet some old friends. There was a good size audience who were appreciative of my talk on the Slamannan Bean Goose flock.
