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Apr 2022
4:22pm, 10 Apr 2022
88,149 posts
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Hanneke
That sounds pretty scary Kinky 😱😱😱 unprovoked too... They are big birds and like swans, can do serious damage!
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Apr 2022
5:24pm, 10 Apr 2022
3,984 posts
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phal
Bloody goose ☹️ Rest of the run sounds lovely though 😀
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Apr 2022
6:08pm, 10 Apr 2022
5,963 posts
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um
Mu mum used to keep geese, and always referred to them as 'better than a guard dog'. Good for keeping unwanted humans at bay, and apparently also foxes away from her chickens.
In other news, I saw a pigeon considering nesting or checking out a bush in the back garden earlier. Where a pair of blackbirds have been busy all week building a nest. Or hiding a load of moss for some other reason.
The male blackbird saw the pigeon off, and then just to sure, had another go at it, even thought the pigeon was x5 or x6 the size.
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Apr 2022
7:44pm, 10 Apr 2022
4,118 posts
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J2R
KinkyS, I now feel I had a lucky escape on yesterday's run! I ran past a couple of greylags standing on a river bank and was amazed that they didn't fly off with a runner approaching them at speed, but casually waddled away at the last minute allowing me to pass within a metre of them. Little did I realise that I was taking my life in my hands! 
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Apr 2022
10:16pm, 10 Apr 2022
9,555 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Trip to Rye Harbour for a walk with a warden. Saw sandwich terns, a swallow, a marsh harrier, ringed plovers and a whimbrel amongst plenty of other birds. Had to rely on the warden for ID of the whimbrel
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Apr 2022
10:20pm, 10 Apr 2022
24,810 posts
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Rosehip
Nana had geese as chicken guards (and Christmas dinner) too. Mum has a scar on her calf from being attacked by one 40-odd years ago and one chased my brother all the way across the yard into the house when he was little.
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Apr 2022
11:09pm, 10 Apr 2022
55,054 posts
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Derby Tup
^ nice collection of birds Fragile
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Apr 2022
7:23am, 11 Apr 2022
2,605 posts
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Winniefree
First set of ducklings spotted on the river yesterday - eleven!
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Apr 2022
10:28am, 11 Apr 2022
18,009 posts
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KinkyS
I just did a bit of reading and it seems that the wingspan of a Canada goose is 1.5-1.8m. I'm only 1.57m myself!
Amusingly, there are noticeable spikes on my Garmin data for both pace and heart rate at that point...
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Apr 2022
11:03am, 11 Apr 2022
12,301 posts
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D2
goose induced interval training
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