9.04 No Easter break

Geese have no time for faffing around and having Easter break. It is time to fly north soon for those who have not done it yet. Flying north requires a lot of energy and geese have to feed intensively to be able to get to Trøndelag.  Lukasz is already there. Last year, he arrived to mid Norway a week from now. Earlier onset of spring (probably due to climate change) changed geese habit and flocks of pinkies are seen earlier and earlier in Trøndelag every year. The timing of migration is dependent on many factors but since geese migrate in flocks, Lukasz must have followed his flock.

Danuta and Ingunn are now foraging at the northern bank of Limfjorden. Last year, both geese showed very similar 'pattern'. Prior to departure, they moved from Ringøbing area to the northern site of Limfjorden, however not exactly to the same place as this year.

Danuta and Lukasz - the newest positions

Danuta now and last year (grey dots to the right)

Ingunn now and last year (smaller dots to the left)

As I mentioned in the last post, our 'new' geese  transmit now many more positions per day. R62 and R53 are also foraging at the northern site of Limfjorden. Especially R53 seems to forage within small area. He does not go to roost and spend entire 24h on the fields. Below are positions from last two days:

We do not have good connection with R37 and R33 - no new positions since 5 days. Ole Amstrup, the goose observer, just saw R37 last Friday around Vest Stadil Fjord (the area where we caught the geese), where we have the last position from. The goose still has the tag on so hopefully this is just temporary problem. Finger crossed.