Silly goose!

Over the years, various types of wild water fowl have visited our pond. A lone white Aylesbury duck lived there for a few years, a heron polished off our fish, moorhens nested and raised their chicks for a few years after that, and this summer we had our first mallards and some Canada geese.

This, however, is not a wild goose. My neighbour texted me tonight to say that, despite his gammy leg (which you can just see in the photo), Kevin managed to get through our hedge and had ‘fallen in the pond’.  

Raised from an egg by our neighbour, he’s only a few months old and super-tame. He seemed to be enjoying himself, I think this is the first time he’s realised he’s a goose!