Saturday 3rd March 31 Snow Geese (3 dark morph) were reported near Dungeness, Kent. They have raised a bit of interest in a rare bird thread on bird forum, with someone pointing out that there has been a flock very similar in Oxfordshire on 12th February... Sound familiar to anyone?
Presuming it's the same flock they were around before then in Oxon, seen at Dix pit on 13/09/11 (36 birds), Dix pit on 20/10/11 (35 birds), Farmoor res on 18/11/2011 (35 birds) and Dix pit 05/01/12 (33 birds - 3 dark morph).
There appears to have been two flocks in recent years in Oxon the very regular flock of c.10 at Blenheim that occasionally wander and this larger flock. This second larger flock was 24 to 29 birds through 2010. There was one count at Bleinheim on 23/09/2009 of 40+ birds so this could have been all of them together?
Has anyone seen any birds in Oxon recently or is the flock in Kent this larger flock we have had that have now moved on?
Gareth
More discussion on Bird Forum here (Gnome)
I think Phil Barnett did some research in to the
ReplyDeleteregular and mobile Snow Goose flock in Oxon a couple of years ago.
I seem to remember that the same flock was recorded in Lancs within a feew weeks of being in Oxon.
It will be interesting to see where the flock goes from Dunge...