The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Ca 40 Pink-footed Geese flew over Bracebridge Heath at 10.40 this morning, before the rain arrived. (W - E).

Regards,

Freddy

Was at the football pitch on bath rd bbh this am.
230 pink foot to the east hdg sth then 40 then 17 btwn 1105 - 1130.

Brian.

From Brian's note of 3 distinct groups today (including presumably the 40 which I also saw), and also from previous records this Autumn, it looks as if the Bracebridge Heath area is a favoured inland PFG flyway, whether they are flying N - S or W - E at this time of the year.
I presume that, in addition to other migration or local movement strategies, for experienced,older returning birds the flyway is imprint-memory linked to the two very large visual navigational aids - a "bird's eye view" indeed -between which BBH sits :
Lincoln Cathedral to the North
RAF Waddington Airfield to the South.
One wonders where the nearest previous stopover/staging areas might be.

Regards,

Freddy

c 80 over Bracebridge Heath today at 2-30. ESE