Lesley's Nature Watch - Now is the time to say...

...GOODBYE! As I warched these Brent Geese feeding in preperation for their long flight back to their northern nesting grounds, I thought of how, not very long ago, people believed that wild geese nested in the sea! Barnacles were believed to be goose eggs, & there is even a species of barnacle called a Goose Barnacle. There is also, of course, a species of goose called a Barnacle Goose. This was a logical conclusion at the time, as the last view we have of these birds at the begining of the nesting season, is when they fly off over the sea - only to return a few months later with their new families.