squirrel shooter Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 What's the furthest south you have ever heard of pinks getting to? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 hours ago, squirrel shooter said: What's the furthest south you have ever heard of pinks getting to? Thanks in advance! Certainly into Suffolk , might well be edging into Essex as well , or even beyond . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 A good few years ago a BASC article was published one of the reps had been out on a marsh in essex with a wildfowling club member, and they actually shot a pinkfoot, as marshman says it would be no surprise to find them further south . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Gloucestershire has them occasionally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy baxendale Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 Seen one shot on the Deben Estuary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 A lot of the marshes in our area are having scrapes cut out and sluice gates fitted in the dykes to govern the height of the water that flood the marshes in the Winter time , this encourage wildfowl and geese in much larger numbers , I see the big flocks of Pinks leave the reserve most mornings and more and more are heading in a Southerly direction into Suffolk and no doubt finding freshly lifted beet fields , sugar beet is grown in most counties so there is nothing to say they will spread far and wide . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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