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Title: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Matt Henderson on 16/04/2013 at 21:22

Tonight I was having a wee blaw in the carpark at the Duthie park. Whilst halfway through Heilan laddie I got distracted by the sea guls. They were flying to the top of a streamy section then sitting pecking into the water until they'd got to some slack water. At this point they would fly back to the top of the streamy bit again. They did this for about fifteen minutes and then were gone.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Matt

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Hamish Young on 16/04/2013 at 21:25

Fly hatch  :z16

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Matt Henderson on 16/04/2013 at 21:29

I wondered about that but thought it was too late in the day for this? And too bloody cold! Pipes nearly blew away and hands were like sausages!

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Hamish Young on 16/04/2013 at 22:37

Next to the Welsh, there's nowt as strange as the life of flies  :z13

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Ben Dixon on 16/04/2013 at 23:37

Quote from: Hamish on 16/04/2013 at 22:37

Next to the Welsh, there's nowt as strange as the life of flies  :z13

Isit

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Marc Fauvet on 17/04/2013 at 00:13

well, for once he didn't bring up the french...    :X2

hey Matt,
i've seen this many times. most impressive though was in Sweden on the big rivers where i could watch the gulls do this over 200-300-400 meter 'drifts', fly back up, get on the right hatch lane and do it all over many times until there's no more bugs. 
i used them to find the bigger hatches  :wink (not so obvious otherwise when some stretches of rivers are several hundred meters wide)

cheers,
marc

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Hamish Young on 17/04/2013 at 07:09

Quote from: Ben_D on 16/04/2013 at 23:37

Isit

Bitty

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 17/04/2013 at 07:51

A piper? Innnnnnnteresting!!! Play in a band?

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Matt Henderson on 17/04/2013 at 10:09

Quote from: Rob on 17/04/2013 at 07:51

A piper? Innnnnnnteresting!!! Play in a band?

Not anymore. I find two problems. Politics and the time involved. Still weddings and funerals I'm your man!

Title: Re: Strange sea gull behaviour
Post by: Rob Brownfield on 17/04/2013 at 12:09

Quote from: mdh on 17/04/2013 at 10:09

Not anymore. I find two problems. Politics and the time involved. Still weddings and funerals I'm your man!

PM sent..lol