The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Friday afternoon a flock of about 12 geese dropped onto Reads Island and I thought possibly Beans. Today 12 Tundra Beans were feeding in the cereal field by the cement works but flew off west. A single Pale-bellied Brent that was on the Humber off Barton last Sunday has also moved up to Reads Island and today was with the Greylags and Canada's.
Early afternoon I received a text that 50+ Whoopers had just flown North East over Briggs: ND was on the cliff at Winteringham and I was off Target pit at Barton: we both picked up the Whoopers as they came out of the Ancholme and continued North west up the Humber: ND had best views and counted 70 in the flock: about 10 mins later another 24 came out of the Ancholme and also headed north west.
On the 27th a count of the Barnacles on Whitton Sand located 1000 birds up from the 700 present the previous week.
photos on the link below
http://pewit.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/tun ... brent.html

Possibly the same Whoopers that flew over Bardney at 13:25 heading NW?
My estimate of 60 at the time was a rough count there could have been more.
What time were they seen over the Ancholme?

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Hi Russ

According to my text machine they were over Brigg at 13:58 ish (text received at 14:00) and they flew out of the Ancholme at Ferriby at 14:12

According to Google Earth in a direct line it is 24.33 miles between Bardney and Brigg giving a speed of 76mph

Between Brigg and S Ferriby it is 8.82 miles producing a speed of 56 mph -- but they could well have had a look at Bonby Carrs in passing --

with a strongish wind I am not sure if the former speed is possible -- need to look it up --

the route would be in a direct line and passed over Toft Newton and then followed the Ancholme down its length--projecting a direct line backwards to the Ouse Washes they would have passed between Sleaford and Boston

Were any others picked up yesterday?

Thanks Graham, but if Bardney to Brigg is 24.33 miles and they took 33 minutes then wouldn't the speed be 44.23 mph not 76 mph.
Also Brigg to South Ferriby 8.82 miles in 14 minutes would be more like 37.8 mph.
That would be more probable.

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strewth did I do it in kms or was it just Sunday morning maths!

anyway makes much more sense with those speeds Russ

Bean Geese reported still at South Ferriby on 01.03.2015

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