greylag geese

[blackdug 90]

Hi i was just wondering has all the geese gone south? because round about scotland and the land i shoot we still have grass parks full of them. I stay on the clyde coast and by now they have all gone south,is there a reason why these greys are staying, does anybody else notice this on the land they shoot? ...............davie

[tom1cameron 1]

difficult to say mate, have you any ideas of whether they are residents or migratory?

 

If Icelandic it may be some moving north, back for summer. If they have been there all winter then it is likely this is more evidence of the short stopping behaviour greylags have been showing in recent years. They are not showing as much turnover as they used to and reside in northern areas thanks to milder winters, potentially an adaptive behaviour, maybe plastic. Would like to explore that..........any millionaires fancy funding the work?

Edited April 2, 2009 by tom1cameron

[blackdug 90]

difficult to say mate, have you any ideas of whether they are residents or migratory?

 

If Icelandic it may be some moving north, back for summer. If they have been there all winter then it is likely this is more evidence of the short stopping behaviour greylags have been showing in recent years. They are not showing as much turnover as they used to and reside in northern areas thanks to milder winters, potentially an adaptive behaviour, maybe plastic. Would like to explore that..........any millionaires fancy funding the work?

Mr cameron please stick to writing in the sporting gun!!!!! yes your a superstar now!!!! ha ha ,not be long before your in the shooting times my good friend ,,,,ps i know they are not plastic.....yours the decoy shooter davie

[tom1cameron 1]

No thanks to ST, too sensational

 

plastic as in plastic behaviour, such that if teh winters get cold again they will immediately shift to their previous behaviours (i.e. their short-stopping behaviour is not fixed/evolved)

 

Apologies. Evolutionary ecology is my profession!

 

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