Bits and Bobs Autumn 2010

[oldherbaceous]

Dear oh dear, P.J, these pictures do make me smile.

[Nature's Babe]

Hi Alan, whatever they are they were honking loudly and heading north westerlly, I watch them depart every auutumn and note their return in the spring. I looked on the internet but was unable to find out,I have seen white breasted and what I thought were canada geese in the summer.There are many water birds there. I would like to know, rather than remain in ignorance.

[Monika]

NB, the geese are most likely to have been pink-footed geese which are now moving through in their hundreds (I saw and heard a lovely v--formation of more than 200 today) flying from east to west, in our case most likely towards Morecambe Bay or Martin Mere WWT Nature Reserve.

I love the sound of them overhead.

[Geoff]

I saw a massive noisy V going that way yesterday but had no idea what they were.

[Clive.]

Interesting opportunity......??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tx6ms from 23;10

..and interesting clever camera angle close up of a clipped golden privet "ball" too..good job it was trimmed nice and round.

Clive.

edit;..the link has just run out of time...

[alan refail]

Back to the geese again!

Pink-footed geese are unlikely to be flying NW from SE England.

According to RSPB they arrive in Scotland and the north of England in October having flown south from Iceland and Greenland.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx

[Elaine]

A lot of resident Canada Geese have several places they visit in an area and fly from one to another. In this area, there is a flock of around 50 geese which are regularly seen flying to and from different parks in our locality but they usually return to their favourite place, to roost, which is a large public park with lakes and islands, three miles from here. I hear them honking overhead...flying low enough to see without bins... around 6pm and they come back around 7am next morning. There is a small Nature reserve just down the road from here and they spend time feeding and preening there before taking off to their next venue.

I love the sound of Geese, particularly Brent Geese on the Humber Estuary. In fact I just like Geese!
Cheers.

[alan refail]

Hi Elaine

Perhaps we should have had a separate geese thread

[Elaine]

Perhaps we should. Thanks for the photo of the Brents. Such lovely birds..almost pretty. Well, for a goose anyhow!
Though Barnacle Geese are "pretty" too.......

[Parsons Jack]

All this talk of geese is OK, but what I want to know is, how many barrow loads of muck has Old Herbie shifted

[oldherbaceous]

Evening P.J, please don't think badly of me but, i haven't even stacked it up into a nice retangular heap yet, let alone started barrowing.

I've really been struggling to keep on top of work with all this wet weather, and tomorrow looks bad as well, but i will get there, that i can assure you.

[Parsons Jack]

Evening P.J, please don't think badly of me but, i haven't even stacked it up into a nice retangular heap yet, let alone started barrowing.

I've really been struggling to keep on top of work with all this wet weather, and tomorrow looks bad as well, but i will get there, that i can assure you.

Evening OH, It's been a glorious day down here today Went for a walk along the Hythe canal path with the old dog, followed by a very unhealthy steak and kidney pudding with roast spuds in a Hythe restaurant. Back to the diet tomorrow. Perhaps I should come up and shift some of your manure for you

[oldherbaceous]

If you do P.J, it will be more unhealthy food i'm afraid, maybe a large bacon dumpling or something similar.

I just love tradditional home cooking.

[Geoff]

Lovely day here too - sandwiched between two foul ones if the forecast is correct. Picked 47 Kgs of Lanes Prince Albert today, got a lot of Bramleys as well so I think we shall be bartering!
I know fruit has set well on almost everything but I think my Noble Fir has produced too many cones for its own good.

[Parsons Jack]

If you do P.J, it will be more unhealthy food i'm afraid, maybe a large bacon dumpling or something similar.

I just love tradditional home cooking.

Follow that with pancakes stuffed with ice cream and covered in chocolate, and I might be tempted