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Every morning, I walk down to the shops to get DH's paper and a few groceries. If the weather is fine, like today, I come back via Canvey Lake where there is always something to see. Weekends, the fishermen are there, trying to catch the carp that inhabit the murky lake. They have to put them back after removing the hooks and the largest I've seen caught was about a foot long.
Last summer some Canada geese arrived to keep the ducks and swans company and must have liked the area because they've stayed and a few pairs have bred. One pair I counted 10 babies and another had six. The rest didn't seem to take the trouble to breed this year.
I thought the flock might move on during the winter, but now with all the babies, I counted 46 geese in all.
The 2 pairs of swans haven't had much luck with thier brood this year. Most of the babies have dissappeared, probably caught by either the local cats or foxes. Only one pair had a baby left this morning.
Here's a long shot of the flock grazing.Oysterfleet Hotel and Canada Geese: The white line is not to keep the geese on the grass but denotes a cycle path, pedestrians to the left and bikes to the right.
The Geese are so used to people feeding them, particularly mothers with young children in prams that the geese possitively come up to anyone near them and ask for food.Asking for food: This one came up to about 2 feet away from me.
The babies are now so big that they are hardly distinguishable from their parents. I'll wait to see if they fly away for the Autumn or stay another winter.