What a lovely surprise it was a 7am this morning to see two new visitors to the lido.

After last weeks Black Swans, today was the turn of a pair of Greylag Geese, I know they are not rare birds, but it’s always wonderful to get a bit of variety on the goose front.

A bit of background info thanks to the RSPB:
The ancestor of most domestic geese, the greylag is the largest and bulkiest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe. In many parts of the UK it has been re-established by releasing birds in suitable areas, but the resulting flocks (often mixed with Canada geese) found around gravel pits, lakes and reservoirs all year round in southern Britain tend to be semi-tame and uninspiring. The native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland retain the special appeal of truly wild geese.