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Sunday, February 22, 2009

ROOKERY

Lucy Corrander - Rookery - 12th February 2009

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3 comments:

Victoria Summerley said...: Someone once told me that when rooks build high, it means it's going to be a good summer. Has anyone else heard this? As far as I'm concerned, they always build high. Higher than I would go, anyway.; February 22, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Victoria

I've never made a study of rookeries but I'd say, not only do they always build high, they always build in the same place, which, I would say, is a good thing - because it means every summer is a good one.

Lucy; February 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: I'm grateful to Simon Baddeley at Democracy Street -

http://democracystreet.blogspot.com/

for emailing to explain the tradition is - that good weather is forecast when rooks fly high and that bad weather is forecast when rooks return early. So the 'prediction' is more about immediate weather than the season to come.

Lucy; March 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM

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