mel b3 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 hi fellas , i was having a ride around some of my local permission last night when i noticed something a little strange , just as it was getting dark i noticed a lot of black shapes on the grass in the middle of a field , after stopping the car to have a look i could see around 500/600 rooks all standing together in the middle of the field next to the wood that they would normally fly into at roosting time , they weren't walking about or feeding , they were just sitting quietly with ruffled feathers as though they were all asleep , i've never seen this behaviour before and to be honest it was very creepy , it wasn't on my permission but i'm glad i wasn't walking through the field in the dark and bumped into that little lot any idea what may have changed the normal behaviour as they are usually going mad at roosting time ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulltimeshooter Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 well im confused never heard of that before and cant be of any help to be honest sorry!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 quote from the crow shooting web site Crows use a mixed habitat including woodlands for roosting, nesting and perching, open areas, agricultural fields, coastal wetlands, marshes, rivers and streams. Knew it but never seen it. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 The Birds, the Birds it's payback time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 quote from the crow shooting web site Crows use a mixed habitat including woodlands for roosting, nesting and perching, open areas, agricultural fields, coastal wetlands, marshes, rivers and streams. Knew it but never seen it. Dave K aaahhh suddenly it all becomes clear , i'd never heard of it before and i'd certainly never seen it , it was rather spooky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 was it a blusterey day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMMY Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Perhaps disturbed at Roosting time in the wood and took to safety in the field. Hammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Might they have been lapwings, which look completeley black in the dark. They roost on the ground and we have a lot of them where I live, sometimes they are so close together, that on a moonlit night they look like a black ink blot on the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 hi fellas , i can't really remember the exact weather conditions but i don't remember it being blustery , they were definitely rooks as i had a pretty good look through the bins , it was starting to get dark but i could see them quite well , the field that they were in was right next to the wood that they normally roost in so i would have thought if a predator was around they'd be off to somewhere else , it may just have been that they were going to fly up into the trees at the last minute but they just seemed as though they were all settled down for the evening , like i said in the original post though , i'm certainly glad i wasn't stalking through the field in total darkness and bumped into that little lot i'd have wet myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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