Suninfrance Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 A very large and noisy flock of cranes has just flown overhead. Does this mean we are in for a cold winter as they seem to leaving earlier than last year?Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Haven't seen the cranes yet this year, suninfrance, but I thought I heard them a couple of days ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 No Jan, it doesn't mean that we are in for a cold winter, all the migrations are "running to schedule" so far as far as I know and remember that cranes are only partial migrants, some even spend the summer in France.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suninfrance Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Phew - that's a relief Chris. Fantastic to see them though.Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 WOW - lucky you for seeing them- personally I do hope for lots of snow this winter in the Jura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 A large noisy flock just flew over (5 pm) heading south classic v formation , or could they be geese ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I saw loads last year but have seen nothing this year [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 dept 65. had a few small flocks over this week. some heading due south, others heading due west. They are a week later than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Follow the migration at the link and don't forget to log your observations at the same link, (all of France).http://champagne-ardenne.lpo.fr/grues/point_sur_la_migration.htmChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thank you, Chris. Nice site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 [quote user="Suninfrance"]A very large and noisy flock of cranes has just flown overhead. Does this mean we are in for a cold winter as they seem to leaving earlier than last year?Jan[/quote] Was surprised yesterday - Boxing Day - to see 2 large Vs of cranes heading South. They are a bit late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water rat Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Us too, in the Centre 36. They've been heading south for a couple of days . I've never seen it this time of year.W Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I've copied this directly from "another place" from yesterday.I think, in fact I'm sure, that I have written about this phenomenon before. It is not a "migration" where all the birds just get up and go from their summer breeding grounds and fly of to a single destination elsewhere. The "migration" is staggered and spreads itself over a large distance, some will stop in the north east of France, others will settle at certain places between there and Portugal. In addition there will be continual movements at any time from September until January. Here is a copy of the situation recorded over the last four days, for more detail go to. http://champagne-ardenne.lpo.fr/ 26/12 La migration continue : de nombreux vols sont observés dans les Landes, l'Allier, la Gironde, la Haute-Vienne, la Dordogne, la Nièvre, la Drôme, les Ardennes, en Belgique, au Luxembourg et en Hesse (2 357 grues en 29 vols) 25/12 Pas de trêve de Noël pour la migration. Le froid qui arrive pousse les grues à partir vers le sud. De nombreux mouvements sont signalés : dans l'Aube, la Charente, la Haute-Vienne (4 888 grues de 14h à 17h15 à Flavignac !), l'Indre, l'Yonne, la Gironde, la Dordogne, les Landes, les Hautes Pyrénées Des vols observés également en Belgique, au Luxembourg et en Hesse (2 012 grues en 22 vols) 24/12 Peu de mouvements : quelques grues signalées dans l'Yonne. 23/12 Plus de 5 000 grues sont présentes sur les lacs Aubois. Des passages signalés dans l'Yonne en fin de matinée et début d'après midi, le Loiret vers 14 h, le Cher de 15 h à 15 h 30, les Pyrénées-Atlantiques et la Gironde en débute de nuit. 22/12 13 897 grues sont comptées à Arjuzanx. 150 grues sont observées en migration en Haute-Vienne, plus de 200 en Charente, quelques dizaines dans l'Allier. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Ponts Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Expect a lot of cranes flying overhead today - there was a huge number that left Spain yesterday which was described by ornithologists as a "historic day". From the same site that Chris uses see the following....... Gros départ de la Sotonera (Espagne) : 20 000 grues ont quitté les lieux entre 10h50 et 11h30 par très beau temps.Les ornithologues espagnols qui suivent le site de Gallocanta (Espagne) décrivent la journée comme une journée historique pour la migration des grues. Des milliers de grues ont quitté la lagune dans la matinée et le soir, on en comptait encore près de 36 000 avec des arrivées nocturnes.En fin de matinée de nombreux oiseaux passent dans la région du lac du Der, sans s'arrêter.les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, les Landes, la Gironde, la Dordogne, la Charente, l'Indre, le Loiret, la Haute-Vienne (près de 6 000 de 17h à 18h45 à Flavignac), l'Aube (1 150 de 15h20 à 16 sur un seul site), la Marne, la Meuse, la Moselle, la Belgique et le Luxembourg.Au moins 300 grues sur le site de Lachaussée dans la Meuse.I've added my sightings for today (so far) on the Champagne Ardenne LPO website: http://champagne-ardenne.lpo.fr/grues/formulaire_grues.htm A couple of hundred over our village this morning and I've not even had my morning coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betoulle Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Wow what an amazing sight - not sure if all 20,000 passed over but we had a steady stream of flocks passing over our little bit of the Charente from 5.15 onwards......have never seen so many in such a short space of time - stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 We had lots over Brantome (dept 24) yesterday afternoon. Really high up in the sky. What a fantastic sight in a beautiful clear blue sky [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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