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Birdmigration early morningcountings 12 nov 1999

Weatherconditions 12 - 11 - 1999    07.20 - 09.50 h
Precipitation in min. View Clouds in eighths Sunshine in min. Temperature in oC Wind 
0
1 - 3
0/8
120
-4o -  -1oC
ENE-E 1B

 
 
Species                    .
          N 
   
Cormorant  35 
Bean Goose  37 
White-fronted Goose  37 
Lapwing  78 
Stock Dove 
Woodpigeon 
Skylark 
Fieldfare  36 
Redwing  17
Jackdaw  14 
Tree Sparrow 
Chaffinch 
Brambling 
Siskin 
   
Species
14 
ex.
284 
Note:
  • Quit a dull morning, foggy, cold and almost no migration.
Local birds and other specialities:
  • This morning I counted 24 White-fronted Geese who had been sleeping 200 meters away from me. Every day they get more used to my presence. They started to sleep here from 28th of october. Then it were 21 White-fronted Geese and a couple of Greylag Geese. In the beginning they flew away as soon as I arrived. Yesterday and today the stayed for a while, drinking and floating around and they don't fly straight away when I look through my bino's.

  • We are lucky, 1999/2000 will be the first season that it is not allowed to shoot White-fronted Geese. Protection came a little late. Now it's time to exterminate hunting in this country completely.