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The birds left Scandinavia in glorious sunshine but as they crossed the North Sea, they flew into fog and rain, so they stopped off at the first bit of land they have come across.
RSPB Bad weather strands millions of 'vikings' on England's east coast
this robin made it across the water there were dozens of robins in the wood when i was at Stiffkey on wed, most i ever seen in one place
An appalling combination of fog and winds around England's coast this week have created terrible conditions for migrating birds, with some fishermen reporting to the RSPB the deaths of many exhausted and disorientated 'garden' birds plunging into the sea around their vessels. England's east coast, from Northumberland to Kent, has seen the arrival of many birds, including Redwings, Fieldfares, Bramblings and Blackbirds, perhaps numbering in their millions this week. The RSPB believes these birds may be the lucky survivors that have managed to cross the North Sea, but the Society concedes many others may have perished before making landfall
"it might have been a good week for us birders on the east coast to see these birds, but many seemed to perish according to reports in getting here" trevor
This is my third attempt at taking this robin. I think it's more successful than the first two, tho the white stone is very glaring. At least I feel I have captured his nasty expression! He is the most ill-natured bird I have ever seen.
The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. The similarity between the orange-red coloring of its breast and that of the smaller and distantly related European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) led to its common name. It is widely distributed throughout North America, wintering south of Canada from Florida to central Mexico and along the Pacific Coast. It has seven subspecies, but only T. m. confinis in the southwest is particularly distinctive, with pale gray-brown underparts. It is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin.[2]