Last night was wonderful. I saw something I have never seen before. The local Canada geese have been flying backwards and forwards for a while now. They get restless at this time of year because if they were at home in Canada they would be migrating.
But last night was something else!
I heard geese approaching but they sounded different, and when they came over they were far higher than the local Canadas ever fly. They were at buzzard height, must be around or over a thousand feet. And there were about a hundred of them in a loose and ever changing formation characterised by a bow shaped leading edge, which must have been nearly a quarter of a mile in length. I thought that was it, but then I heard them again, and another even larger skein came over. And then another and another until the sunset sky in the distance was covered in these strange looking moving strings. I wish I knew what they were. I think they were smaller than the Canadas, possibly pink foot or brent. These were real wild geese on migration, and I have never seen so many before.
A wonderful sight.