News has come in recently on 5 fabalis geese being seen on Sanday (Orkney) between 22-24 Feb. It is possible that they are part of a flock of the Slamannan birds that left Scotland on 20-21 Feb to fly to Denmark but got caught up in a strong gale which took them north to Sanday. See map below.
Further to that one of our flock (7V) has now appeared at Trondheim in Norway See pic below. Courtesy of Tom Roger in Trondheim. This bird is paired with 3Y so it would appear that they have lost each other during the migration. Interesting to see if they meet up eventually in Norway before moving to Dalarna county in Sweden to the breeding area.
It is possible that it was also on Sanday but not seen and then got caught up in another strong wind which took it north east to Trondheim. See map below
All in all quite a dramatic turn of events and hopefully our birds will be able to orientate themselves and get back on track to their usual migration routes.
