A visit to the plateau yesterday was successful as I found a flock of 76 bean geese north of Slamannan. This is the highest count for a while but at least we know that they are surviving the cold and snowy conditions of recent times.
Whilst in Denmark, we have noted that the flock there have taken to roosting in the sea off the coast. This behaviour has been noted in previous years and generally occurs when temperatures on land are well below freezing.
I attach a map which shows the information received from some of the GPS tags.
