The last photo I took on my phone in June was a few days ago. * I was driving from my village – through which a main road passes – just as three families of Greylag Geese decided to wander across. Greylags moved (seasonally) into our village about three years ago – we have three village ponds. They have no predators, no sense of social responsibilty, but lots of babies. And to be fair, they’re pretty good parents. I counted the birds as they crossed the road. Forty of them. And we have far more than three goose families living here. The longer-term residents: mallards and moorhens are not impressed. Moorhens contrive to survive, but mallards no longer expect to bring their babies through to maturity here. We’re all rather right-wing about them. ‘Immigrant geese not welcome here! Go back where you came from!’ we protest, as we scrape from our shoes yet another layer of the goose droppings which so liberally encrust our pavements.
‘ *Officer, I know I mustn’t use my phone when driving. But my engine’s off, and I’ve been here 5 minutes already. And may be here another five too’.
For Brian’s Last on the Card
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
They look like a fun diversion but I can definitely see the downside. Terrorised by geese! xx
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Especially if you’re only three! They terrorise the tinies, those geese.
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Any darleks around?
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Almost certainly, Tracy 😉
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I am glad you stopped for the geese Margaret and took a slice of English life for a last photo.
Thanks for joining in 😀
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I had no choice but to stop. And I think The Goose Issue spreads far beyond England.
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Looking for all the world as if they own the place.
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Wow, that’s a lot of geese! I’m sure the lorry driver would be even less impressed than you.
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It’s a bit of a standing joke round here. Late for something?’ It was the geese, m’lud’ works every time.
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I’ve never heard of greylag geese before. Live ‘n’ learn! That’s quite the crowd you came upon there.
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Haha – we’ve ALL heard of Greylag Geese round here – and how! They’re going for World Domination.
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Your statement about the right-wing approach to geese made me laugh. That was quite a large flock crossing the road.
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It IS a large flock. Plenty more where they come from. The geese bring out the worst in us, I’m afraid.
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I can see why you’re not happy. There is a park in Frankfurt that is impossible to go with young children because young children can trip and fall … impossibly to spread a blanket, have a picnic. It’s Egyptian geese there. I don’t know if they chased off other birds.
Having said that it’s a great l-o-m photo!
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Geese eh? Who’s have ’em? Though they do like their momets posing too!
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And the Romans thought they were good watchdog… watchbirds.
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