Wow, all our five geese from last year are sending us signals. We got first position from Caroline since couple of months. Unfortunately, it looks like his tag is always in one place. We are sending rescue team to figure out what is wrong. Lukasz, Ingunn and Danuta are still between Nissum and Ringkøbing fjord. The farm areas along the coast are almost entirely taken by barnacles geese and last week I could observe flocks up to 8000 barnies. Pink-footed geese are more difficult to spot and it seems like larger flocks prefer areas around Ringkøbing fjord. Smaller flocks can also be spotted around Vest and Stadil fjord but usually far away from the roads. Surprisingly, flocks I have seen, fed almost exclusively on stubble fields and leftover grain and not on green and juicy grass which is already present. We also have first reports of pink-footed geese from Trøndelag. Could be that our geese are soon ready to leave.
Western Julland is also full of migrating birds. Huge flocks of starlings and golden plovers can be seen over the fields. Lapwings and yellowhammers can be heard from long distance and fjords are full of waterfowls. We also heard first bitterns this spring and the moor frogs already in their beautiful blue breeding appearance.
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