On December 21st I saw a skein of geese flying from the west in the general direction of the slobland at Burnfoot. Would you have any idea of the area from which they were coming?
Tony Canning, Letterkenny, Co Donegal
They were probably Greenland white-fronted geese which winter in Ireland and can arrive here as late as December.
Edited by Michael Viney, who welcomes observations sent to him at Thallabawn, Carrowniskey PO, Westport, Co Mayo. email: viney@anu.ie