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Common Crane on the South bank of the Alde. Hanging out with horses in the field overlooking the Martello tower but unfortunately, it wasn't dancing with the horses. I thought it was an emu at first glance. Suffolk is brilliant.
The dance
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Twitchers. Spotted yesterday in Suffolk. on 17:35 - Aug 23 with 1266 views
and also, a reintroduction scheme took place where young birds were raised at Slimbridge WWT and then transported to the Somerset Levels (about 45 miles away as the crane flies) with the hope that a population would become established there. This has been successful but I don't think that the people running the project anticipated that several of the cranes would find their way back to Slimbridge where they now regularly nest and raise chicks of their own.
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Twitchers. Spotted yesterday in Suffolk. on 06:34 - Aug 24 with 774 views
Suffolk has quite a few cranes and the youngsters are often seen in odd places at this time of year. Two took up residence for a while in fields not far from Haverhill a few years back
Interesting migration fact. Cranes in Europe migrate to sunnier climes for the winter. Those in the UK do not - even though some, like the Suffolk ones turned up under their own steam from Europe.
Twitchers. Spotted yesterday in Suffolk. on 06:34 - Aug 24 by ElephantintheRoom
Suffolk has quite a few cranes and the youngsters are often seen in odd places at this time of year. Two took up residence for a while in fields not far from Haverhill a few years back
Interesting migration fact. Cranes in Europe migrate to sunnier climes for the winter. Those in the UK do not - even though some, like the Suffolk ones turned up under their own steam from Europe.
Sure it wasn’t a heron??
Pretty sure that they are resident on Orford Ness now.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
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