pavman Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 As my wife has sight of a few Goose flight lines on her way to work she rather helpfully updates me of any movements from time to time....... So recently she has been telling me about large numbers of "Pinks" crossing the coast looking like they are heading out to sea, but in a long line not the normal flight pattern expected! due to cold weather I set off early for work and made a minor detour and to see if I could get some idea of these Pinks...... what comes over is about 250 Cormorants in 2 tick style formations which each bird beak to tail all nice an neat. Not wishing to question my good ladies observational skills over supper when asked I simply said I had seen her Geese thanks for letting me know...... I have seen big numbers of Cormorants before on the River Alde in the past but it was quite something of a spectacle, but most likely not a happy one for any local commercial fisheries or pond owners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 We have enormous amounts of cormorants fly over to lakes at Westbere in Kent. On my pretty unsuccessful decoying session last week I sat and counted well in excess of 1000 flying over within about an hour. My friend who has the shooting on an adjacent inland marsh has a licence to cull 4 ! That really is going to make serious inroads into their numbers !!! OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 We have enormous amounts of cormorants fly over to lakes at Westbere in Kent. On my pretty unsuccessful decoying session last week I sat and counted well in excess of 1000 flying over within about an hour. My friend who has the shooting on an adjacent inland marsh has a licence to cull 4 ! That really is going to make serious inroads into their numbers !!! OB I see a similar quantity on my drive around the M25 most mornings going from the Wraysbury area towards the various Staines reservoirs. Why they would chose to roost on one and feed the other I don't know. I've never seen quite so many before. thanks rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misser Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 at the leisure lakes near southport, thought it was a few skeins of geese...when they got closer it was 4 big v's of cormorants about 80yds up heading inland...must have been between 120 and 150... not good at all for the ponds canals and sluices....never seen that many before....atb....misser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Because the big pits in the Wraysbury area don't have the food stocks for them, but excellent roosts on the islands. I see a similar quantity on my drive around the M25 most mornings going from the Wraysbury area towards the various Staines reservoirs. Why they would chose to roost on one and feed the other I don't know. I've never seen quite so many before. thanks rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 My friend who has the shooting on an adjacent inland marsh has a licence to cull 4 ! That really is going to make serious inroads into their numbers !!! OB You only need a licence to shoot one. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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