Showing posts with label geese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geese. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 September 2019

High Flyers - Air Travel With No Pollution !



With a distinct chill in the air coming from the North west, I heard the first incoming gaggle  of Geese return to our shores. They were flying very high and I suspect heading to the west coast. 


Checking back photos last year, I found they  arrived on the 15th of September, a year to the day - cant get much more accurate than that! 

I suspect the Swallows will be heading South on the same winds too.


Air travel with no pollution, we have yet to achieve !


Meanwhile our injured duck has gotten together with her mate, both of them moulting together with their ducklings close by, how nice is that.

Saturday, 15 September 2018

Autumn Arrives



Spotted the first flock of Icelandic geese arriving today. 


Weather pattern is such that they probably hitched a ride on favourable low pressure winds. They usually arrive around the 22nd of the month, so a trifle earlier this year. Hoping this does not mean a long hard winter !