Any signs of spring?

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One or two primroses beginning to bud but even the snowdrops have not stuck their first leaves above ground.
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Chappers51 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:56 pm Yes the grue travelled North over here this afternoon - I heard them, before I saw them.
Are you near us - or on the same flightpath? I posted within seconds of hearing and seeing them flying overhead at 1.54pm. Perhaps it was the same group.
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#13 Post by Chappers51 »

Are you near us - or on the same flightpath? I posted within seconds of hearing and seeing them flying overhead at 1.54pm. Perhaps it was the same group.
I’m 2 hours (by car) SSW of you, I heard one group and saw the second one, I don’t recall the exact time.
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I saw 10 cranes flying NE on Saturday afternoon. First time I have ever seen them in the wild. Made my day.
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demi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:01 am I saw 10 cranes flying NE on Saturday afternoon. First time I have ever seen them in the wild. Made my day.
Ooh just wait until you see a big load of them go over, the noise is tremendous. :D You're in for a real treat. 8-)
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#16 Post by manonthemoon2 »

Oh yes that wonderful noise!

Sadly I haven't seen them for a couple of years, so I live in hope
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Heard them overhead here earlier this evening. Such a heartlifting sound! Always makes me smile. :)
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I haven't seen or heard any returning yet.
Bayleaf wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:18 pm Heard them overhead here earlier this evening. Such a heartlifting sound! Always makes me smile. :)
As the migrating ones are the "unattached" without young, I always think of them as rowdy youngsters going on their "18-30's" holiday, in the Winter. All excited with the odd half awake few dawdling at the back and getting lost. Returning in Spring with stories of all nighters with the stragglers still half cut trying to keep up. :D
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Naylor's Ark wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:36 am I haven't seen or heard any returning yet.
Bayleaf wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:18 pm Heard them overhead here earlier this evening. Such a heartlifting sound! Always makes me smile. :)
As the migrating ones are the "unattached" without young, I always think of them as rowdy youngsters going on their "18-30's" holiday, in the Winter. All excited with the odd half awake few dawdling at the back and getting lost. Returning in Spring with stories of all nighters with the stragglers still half cut trying to keep up. :D
:lol: I'll have that image in my mind when I next hear them!
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