Geese

[lainiej]

I live in thenorth east of England and every evening at 8pm flocks of geese fly over towards the north. Then every monring at around 7am they fly back towards the south. Why is this? And also, why do they honk when it must use up a lot of their energy?
TIA Elaine

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They will be flying off to Roost. They like to roost out in the middle of the water on an island if possible to avoid predation.
During the day they will be grazing on fields on the mainland.
Whereabouts in the NE are you? Northumberland I presume?

[lainiej]

Middlesbrough in Teesside.

[gelda]

We've got them in Guildford, about 3 hundred of them come over to a corn field near me every night for about 6 weeks, during the day they go to a big local pond, I see them most nights it's an amazing sight!

[lou100]

Hi there lainiej, how strange when I read this and saw it mentioned the north east I wondered where you live as I often saw a flock of geese around that time a couple of weeks ago. I too live nr Middlesbrough and have seen these......

[lainiej]

Hi lou. I'd love to know where they go to and back to. Its an awesome sight isnt it? Trouble is they always go over at the end of Corrie and I have to dash outside to see them off!!