tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post2743382964653572790..comments2024-01-06T21:53:29.741+00:00Comments on Andrew Cockroft, Birds , Moths and Butterflies: Whooper SwanAndyChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01249179467388174873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post-43974187199318113842008-12-06T17:59:00.000+00:002008-12-06T17:59:00.000+00:00I have the same problem with some waders flying ov...I have the same problem with some waders flying over at night in spring but mainly autumn!David Sutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121803326909615910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post-40497976224326465602008-11-25T13:16:00.000+00:002008-11-25T13:16:00.000+00:00Very interesting Dave and many thanks ,I also whou...Very interesting Dave and many thanks ,I also whould have had no hesitation in the daytime in calling Crossbill,but at night you loose your confidence for some reason.??AndyChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01249179467388174873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post-21915020279244866632008-11-25T12:36:00.000+00:002008-11-25T12:36:00.000+00:00Hi AndyAgree, it seems to be just the time when GB...Hi Andy<BR/><BR/>Agree, it seems to be just the time when GBBG’s are coming back in land…. Here is another report from this weekend (see vismig group JB/AH)<BR/><BR/>Sandwith Moor, Harrogate 22/11/08<BR/>0730-1030hr<BR/>Wind: N 15-25mph 1'C 3/8-1/8 sunny, clear blue skies with stratus <BR/>cloud. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Greater Black-Backed Gull 11 S (flying high from Osmotherly direction through the <BR/>Vale of York) + 1W<BR/><BR/>Also there has in the past also been discussion on the vis group re Xbill movements at night.. here is an interesting posting. Your report from Northowram helps to confirm that perhaps they do indeed sometimes move at night?<BR/><BR/>25-07-2005<BR/>Observer: P.M.:<BR/>Location: the Crossgill Beck track on to Burn Moor, Lancs.<BR/><BR/>””At 1115pm, I became aware of chipping calls increasing in volume as the<BR/>source became closer and then receding. This was compatible with a source<BR/>flying roughly NW to SE.<BR/><BR/>If this was daylight, I would have no hesitation labelling this sound as<BR/>calling Crossbills, even before I would have seen them.<BR/><BR/>Are there any references to Crossbills species moving during the hours of<BR/>darkness? No moon due to 8/8 cloud cover."”<BR/><BR/>DaveDave Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099176563323081185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post-91941403580311579722008-11-24T13:56:00.000+00:002008-11-24T13:56:00.000+00:00They must have been moving in from the coast,They must have been moving in from the coast,AndyChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01249179467388174873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917615359784609673.post-46439194797479828522008-11-24T13:27:00.000+00:002008-11-24T13:27:00.000+00:00Impressive Gulls there, especially GBBGImpressive Gulls there, especially GBBGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com