On our way over to Bienne this morning we spotted 6-8 storks in a field just outside Ins. This seems a bit too early for their return to Switzerland. Must be the mild weather so far this winter.
Well, tell them to get back where they came from then.
RETURNEES, who found out that it is not su much better elsewhere
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Could it have been Fred perchance?
He went missing just before Christmas!
He will surely be hungry by now.
Please feed him a little TOPPAS WITH A TINY PINCH OF WHITE PEPPER.
NO MILK... PLEASE.
To be honest I don't think they ever actually left. We've seen them on a regular basis in that area all through the autumn and right up to now.
There were some near the Landi when I was there on Thursday.
I LOVE storks!
The daffodils are beginning to sprout too.
I think we saw them in that area once before, but that was in the summertime.
We make a point of visiting Altreu fairly often during the spring/summer to see them and there are some nesting in Avenches and also a colony at IENA too on the outskirts of Avenches.
It'll be a bad summer for mosquitos then.
We saw some too today... They could be migrant birds heading further North... Although we had the feeling too that it was too early.
I saw a gray heron today hanging out next to the lake.
Yes, we see herons and sometimes egrets as well over the winter, but never storks this early before.
I was expecting this to be some sort of pregnancy announcement
It’s a bit early for them too. We’ve only just got into those long winter nights that result in those stork deliveries you know.
I was in the same area this afternoon and saw a couple in a field. It was nice to see them!
I can't tell it's not butter
We usually see storks near our "holiday" home in western Sweden in late March/early April - around Easter. Hopefully they stay put in CH as the worst of winter yet to come. Despite mild temperatures the edible possibilities rather limited. Does anyone looking at this thread know how/if different bird species interact on their migrating timings? I am aware that different species have to some extent predictable timings, but wonder if there is a coordinated variation
Almost all of the bulbs in my CH garden were coming up in late November - I covered them with pine boughs and am holding my thumbs that the flowering phase stalls a bit.
I've seen daffodils coming up in sheltered spots around Stockholm as well, hopefuuly snow will fall and protect them.
So I guess we're having another weird Winter, then?
I've been here only 5 years, so I guess I'm not entirely sure what a "normal" Swiss (Zurich) winter is like. But last year's winter certainly seemed much, much more mild than the four winters before it.
I wouldn't mind having another early Spring this year, but the thought of something like daffodils blooming as early as February is rather creepy.
I agree and I saw them in December also... And I like to see them.
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