Geese.

[gleeber]

Walking along the river last nigh I watched thousands of Geese flying over. I estimated about 4000 couldve been more. Darkness was just setting in. Same again tonight but only about a thousand. They were flying east to west. Whats going on and where are they going?

[kas]

They are Pinkfeet geese and coming in to roost on Scrabster Loch, I would think they are waiting for a suitable wind direction before heading home. The wind has been against them for weeks just as it is against our summer migrants arriving.

[gleeber]

Thanks for that Kas. Scrabster loch must be covered in geese. Where do they winter and why are they coming in from an easterly direction?

[Nigel Shelton]

40-50,000 winter on the Wash, they feed on sugar beet tops and stubbles plus some grass.

[gleeber]

Thanks for that Nigel. I think all 50,000 have arrived in Caithness.