Update from Simon in Norway 27 March 2019

Simon has been out and about chasing up the bean goose flock and has reported on finding two different flocks.

I suggest you look at his blog which gives good details of his sightings and some nice shots of a selection of birds.  www.oslobirder.blogspot.co.uk

Sample below courtesy of Simon

News update on Tag30

Tag 30 has moved back to Akershus and hopefully is part of a flock of  bean geese. Not heard from Simon recently but still a lot of snow in his area of Oslo.

Screen shot below shows the movement of Tag30 on the Glomma River.

News from Pandrup north Denmark

Great news today that tag30 has come back online after an absence.

Map below shows its present position. 21 March 2019

Also a recent picture from Lake Brosjon Sweden with one of our pairs seen recently.

Pandrup north Denmark

V6 and 7T (pair)

Update 12 March 2019

No new satellite information today on whether the flock has reached Denmark.

Below is new picture showing the total movement recently from the Glomma River east of Oslo

News about the Slamannan flock 11 March 2019

Our birds have decided life in Norway at this time is too cold and food scarce so have returned south to Denmark. Confirmation of that later hopefully,

See new map below.

Taiga Bean Geese flock move south

Tag 30 has shown a movement well to the south to an area used in previous springtime movements.

Snowy weather in the north has no doubt made the flock move to a better feeding area.

Migration News Spring 2019

It has been an interesting past few days for our bean goose flock and I have been gathering information from various sources to tell you what has been happening.

The last group of birds I saw (22) were on the 18th February near Parkhead but a movement was made on the 15th by probably around c100/150 birds.

Tag30 has come back online and gave us information of this movement.

Timings are:

15th February 0600 Slamannan
                        0700 left Slamannan and headed east for Denmark via the Forth Estuary.
                        1900 approx. arrive Denmark (flight around 12/13hrs)

01 March 1600 - left Pandrup Denmark
02 March midnight halfway across the sea to Sweden By 0600 they were recorded inland north of Highway 164 flying in a northerly direction.

02 March 1200hrs arrived Akershus Norway on the Glomma River sandbank which is the usual staging area NE of Oslo.

Pictures below show weather in the north sea during the movement and tracking data for tag30.

Picture at Akershus courtesy of Simon Rix. (oslobirder.blogspot.co.uk) visit Simon's blog for an update on information and new pictures of this flock.

 Above - Calm winds in North Sea 

Above Tag30 track on 15 March

Glomma River Akershus

Picture courtesy Simon Rix