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the_count
24-Jan-10, 14:23
i spotted 6 or 7 large birds flying over castletown at work on friday. They were quite high in the sky so reserve the right to a proper sighting lol. Grey in colour with dark wingtips and long necks. heading over towards thurso/halkirk and think it may have been those cranes from last year on a comeback tour :lol: Anyone else see them?
dafi
24-Jan-10, 16:29
What direction were they headed?
kas
24-Jan-10, 16:42
It was this time of year the 14 Common Cranes appeared at Thuster Mains 3 of which remained in the county for a while, however could they possibly have been Grey Herons?

Sounds like East south East Dafi.
Nirofo may have photos of them in flight to show.
the_count
25-Jan-10, 21:19
they could have been kas but how often do you see herons flying in formation. i have never seen them fly in that distinctive line formation , even around a heronry. the tend to be solitary birds so dont usually fly like that :D .... Dafi reread the thread and get a map out lol :lol:
dafi
25-Jan-10, 23:57
Dont need a map to see them disapering in to the distance from here count..lol
nirofo
26-Jan-10, 22:51
It was this time of year the 14 Common Cranes appeared at Thuster Mains 3 of which remained in the county for a while, however could they possibly have been Grey Herons?

Sounds like East south East Dafi.
Nirofo may have photos of them in flight to show.


Hi kas

I do have a few photo's taken a few years ago, not very good unfortunately. They may give you some idea of what they look like however.

Common Cranes in flight formation.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/CommonCranesinflightformation2.jpg

Common Cranes in flight.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/CommonCranesinflight.jpg

Common Crane.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/CommonCrane.jpg

nirofo.
the_count
26-Jan-10, 22:58
yeah that looks like em but they were more or less flying in line, sort of a half v but the wing shape rules out swans and geese :lol:
ducati
13-Feb-10, 19:24
I think I saw one today in Bower. It landed in rough grass so I couldn't observe it in the ground. It was immediatly mobbed from the local rookery but didn't take off again in the 15 minutes I watched.