Bean Geese at Akershus move north

 Satellite tracking has shown us that our collection of birds at Akershus have moved north to 

Braskereidfoss via an unusual route. 

See map below. 

Birds in Sweden still in the Lake Brosjon area.

More news and pics from Simon in Norway

 Simon has managed out to look for the bean goose flock and managed to take some nice shots of some of our collared birds.

A particularly good shot of Tag30 and its mate 6U.

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Other flock still in Sweden at the Lake Brosjon area SW of Karlstad.

Updated pictures of bean geese at Akershus Norway courtesy of Simon Rix

 Simon has kindly put up a series of pics of the taiga bean geese on his blog and suggest you have a look at his work in the field to which we are extremely grateful for.

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As of today 12 March 2021 the birds appear to be feeding and roosting well in the area.

Update from Simon in Oslo 7 March 2021

Simon Rix in Oslo has been out looking for the bean geese and has reported back with a couple of shots of a flock of 61 birds resting on the Glomma river at Akershus. 

Conditions as you see are icy and surrounding fields are snow bound. See pic below from 2018 when I visited the area with Simon. 

With fresh snow forecast for the area it will be interesting to see what the birds do next. Stick it out or return south. 

Further news from Trondheim would indicate our bird 7V is still in the area and now has Whooper Swans for company. 

Above pics courtesy of Simon Rix

Simon Rix 

Bean Geese at Akershus early April 2018

Pic by Angus Maciver

7V Trondheim Courtesy of Tom Roger

Update on spring migration in Scandanavia

 All of our tagged birds have made further progress north either in Norway or Sweden 

See map below. 

It appears that the weather forecast for the area is not good with further fresh snow likely in the next few days. 

We will await and see what our birds to, either stay put or return south to Pandrup in Denmark.

Latest news on spring migration 2021

 Our pair Tag39 & 20 have now moved north east away from Pandrup (Denmark) into Sweden and today appear to be north of Karlstad See pics attached. 

Meanwhile our other birds are still at Pandrup awaiting a move northwards to Akershus Norway. 

News of Bean Geese on spring migration 2021

 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.