New arrivals - Onk!

Having gone quiet on you for a long, long time, I most definitely need to pull my socks up and tell you about some things going on here recently. To get things going again, I must introduce my new feathered friends: our three lovely geese.

Please meet Enoch (m - centre, about to have a nice head and neck wash), Biscuit (f - left, with a fabulous bouffant up top!) and Noodle (f - right, being ladylike and also keen for a wash).

We've had these dears for a bit over a fortnight now and they seem to have settled in. They've been grazing up and down the 'wilder' area, and generally having a sit in the shade, watching the world go by and preening. Amusingly, the like to loiter near to the goats and if the geese are out first in the morning they go and search for their cloven-hoofed friends.

Having been rather quiet at first they are all a bit more vocal now - much to my delight as I love goose noises! - especially when the young stork, or its parents, fly over back to the nest. So there's hope yet for them being good guard geese. The girls in particular were a bit wary on the first couple of days but now all three waddle over when they see a human with watering can or food. They're all characters and last night we discovered that they love watermelon :O)