During the last week I and others have tried to confirm whether our flock size had increased as reported in the last blog.
Unfortunately the increase in birds has not been consolidated with many observations of less than what was reported.
I have spoken with the observer and he has confirmed that his increased total may have been mistaken as some birds were moving back and forward between two field systems and he did not have the time to make further checks before he left the area.
At this time of the year it can be frustrating for observers of the bean goose flock as they rarely join up together in one flock so that total flock numbers can be observed. Instead they split up in separate groups and some of them cannot be located easily because of the topography of the area.
Further efforts will be undertaken in the next week or so to see if any increase has taken place.
