Migrating Cranes

The other afternoon (Thursday 1st March), if you were lucky enough to be outside, you would have witnessed one of the great sights in the Gers in Springtime.

Literally thousands and thousands of cranes could be seen migrating north for the summer.

As they pass overhead in their characteristic "V" formation, the noise can be quite deafening.

Sometimes, they appear to get disoriented and a whole group can circle for a few minutes before one or two seem to suddenly sense the right direction again and off they go.

We've been lucky enough to see these huge flocks a few times now from our house (both in the Spring and in the Autumn) but never in the numbers that were there this year.

A truly memorable experience and one that makes you marvel yet again at the some of the wonders of the natural world around us.