Goosed

A Sabbath outing to Inner Marsh Farm produced very little bird wise – a cruising juvenile Peregrine and a couple of Greenshanks being the only birds of note.

So quiet in fact – if you ignore the hundreds of feral geese – that time was passed gossiping with a fellow birder.

Recently, a Short-toed Lark was located near Shotwick Boating Lake by a local birdwatcher whom has special permission to drive around private land adjacent to Inner Marsh Farm.

Given that important agrarian activities were going-on, a decision was made to suppress news of the bird so as not to disturb the workings of the farm.

Fair enough, really. But why bother to announce news of the bird at all if people can’t actually see it?

It irks even more that a few birders were allowed to see the bird as this creates the impression that an elite group of people are party to privileged information, whereas the rest of us are left out of the loop.

Anyway, grumble over, back to the wildlife.

Actually, no. It seems that one of the two rams tasked with impregnating the ewes is a little confused. Both have a paint bag attached to their stomachs so that when they mount a lady sheep a mark is left on back. Needless to say, one of the rams has been getting fresh with the other.

Until later.