Wednesday January 19
Being able to leave as soon as the news came through, helped a lot. The Birdguides message said Clippesby. The actual location is a favoured spring feeding place of these birds, open fields, near to a Maize stand. We first saw two birds on the left hand side of the road.
A phone call from Bob C - parked 50 yards up the road - alerted us to many more on the right hand side, even more distant.
The Common Cranes were actively feeding, using two fields, roaming between them after crossing a grassy verge and dyke. Others had made their way through to a more distant field.
My maximum count was 25 birds on one side and two on the other. There may well have been a few more.
I'm always delighted to see Cranes, even more so in January. when they congregate to feed and are (usually) easier to find.
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