Monday, November 19, 2018

Cranes going South



Again I had the good luck to see the cranes migrating. The bulk of the cranes would be seen in Germany at the end of October, this year in the best of sunshine, until mid of November. I’ve seen them on the 17th and 18th of November.
Cranes start from their gathering places in the early morning. They fly at a speed of about 80 km/h. There is a western route where I have seen cranes both in Meerbusch (Lower Rhine), where they cross the Rhine and go to the Eifel, where I’ve seen them in Diefenbach (Kall). From here they go to their wintering places in Spain and Portugal via the French Champagne (Lac du Chantecoq). All in all 350,000 cranes take this way (and slightly differing routes) to the south. The bulk should have gone by now, but it’s always a great wonder to see.






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