Saturday, 30 December 2017

News Update for 30 December 2017

The harsh weather conditions have seen a fair amount of snow lying on the plateau but as ever the bean geese manage to forage for food successfully.

Some years ago around this time we used to 'lose' sight of almost half the flock but this is not happening now with the bulk of the birds staying together within one mile of Slamannan town centre.

Roosting is occurring in several places to the west, north and east of Slamannan but in areas known to the bean goose team.

We still have two European whitefronts within the flock and recently up to 30 Pinkfeet.

I attach a picture of the flock taken last week not far from Slamannan. Can you spot them?