Last night at about 10 o'clock I spotted a flock of wild geese flying in a south to north direction. There were about 30 birds in the flock, flying in perfect vee formation. It was a beautiful sight. Does anyone know where they might have been headed for? I live in the southern part of Northern Ireland.
More likely to be feral semi-wild geese at this time of year.
I'd guess they were either greylag, barnacle or pink-footed geese heading to their summer feeding grounds. Visit the RSPB or Ulster Wildlife Trust websites for more details of possible destinations.
Agree canadas are most likely- barnacles are away up near the arctic for breeding at this time of year, ditto for the pink-foot- we do ave resident greylags but more than likely canadas. And at 10pm likely headed for their roost- back from wherever they were feeding. Not likely to be long distance.