News update on spring migration 2021

 Fresh news in today indicates that the birds have left Pandrup and are now in their staging posts in Sweden (Lake Brosjon) and Norway (Glomma River NE of Oslo)

See attached map for details:

Taiga bean geese at roost - Part Two

We have put together some more pictures of night activity at a  roost pond.  This behaviour has been unknown to us for nearly 30 years and is very interesting into how the birds bath and preen during the hours of darkness at their roost sites.  Click on the following link to see it. View the bean geese at their night time roost. 

Spring migration information from Pandrup, Denmark

 I attach a screen grab of some of our birds on their staging grounds in Denmark. Fascinating to see how they can find each other after having flown across the North Sea the other day

News update on spring migration 2022

 Two of our GPS tag birds have now flown to Pandrup Denmark on or around 30 January. 

In the last two days only one flock of 26/30 birds have been seen on the plateau. It looks like most of the flock have gone. 

A full month earlier than 20 odd years ago. 

Hopefully we will get some information from the birders in Denmark on how many birds have arrived at their staging post in northern Denmark..

Some nightime activity on a pond used by Bean Geese when at roost

We have been experimenting with some trail cameras this winter and this type of shot just shows what the bean geese get up to during the hours of darkness. 

 

Recent Pics from Slamannan Plateau

 Visiting birders Dennis Morrison and his son James were rewarded by seeing a flock of 42 bean geese close to the roadside nr Slamannan. 

I attach a few nice shots of some birds including a flight shot of birds taking off which shows how dark the upper wings are compared to the grey colour of Pinkfeet/Greylag. It also shows off the nice tail colours and of course the orange leg colouring of this species. A nice shot too of a collared bird (6U a male) who was caught in 2011 which was our first catch on the plateau. Sadly his partner of recent years Tag30 who had been caught in 2015 has not appeared this winter. Photos displayed courtesy of Dennis.

Is spring on the way 30th December 2021

 Fresh news today from our two bean geese that have wintered in Denmark. Screen grab today from them shows that they (39-20) have moved north to Pandrup the usual staging post of our bean geese when they leave Scotland for Denmark. See below..