Passionate about wildlife
The annual renewal continues. Recent visits to Longham Lakes have been delightful. The air over the lake has been thick with insects and returning swallows, house martins and sand martins. These birds perform amazing aerial acrobatics as they change direction at high speed to feed on the insects.
On the lake itself and on its banks family groups of Canada and Greylag geese and goslings feed on the vegetation. Cute.
A gaggle of greylag geese gathered on the surface of the lake,
The honking, calling and squawking increased in intensity,
A crescendo of sound filled the air.
First one, then three, then seven and thirty birds took flight,
The air now filled with feathers, as well as sound.
They flew low over the water, getting louder and larger, straight toward me,
“Duck!” I thought.
“Don’t be silly!” I chided, as I enjoyed the intensity of sight and sound.
They flew so close, I could almost reach out and touch them.
Stephen's Wildlife 