The Moss is still frozen . The weather has warmed up but it hasn't made too much difference out there. In some places it is like strolling on concrete and normally walking on the Moss is never that easy. But in others it has soften a little and then it becomes like walking with one leg a foot shorter than the other, as your foot will suddenly break through the frozen crust and sink nearly to knee depth. The next couple of steps maybe OK but then the other leg suddenly shortens. Not much fun and very hard work.
But the geese are coming back in greater numbers each day and this is great. More are feeding on the fields surround the moss and today a small group of lapwings were nearby showing that some parts of the surface were softening enough for them to probe for food. Out on the lochan in the middle of Flanders were more signs that the geese were back . The lochan was still frozen solid but the surface was littered with goose poo where they have obviously been roosting. Geese eat grass but grass isn't that nutritious so geese have to eat an awful lot of grass. The result is that each goose can do up to 2000 poos a day and as a result you usually know if geese have been around. Close up each individual poo had slightly melted the surface of the ice leaving a star burst of melted channels with a green and white centre. Great design, maybe it would make a good logo for Flanders Moss ?
But the geese are coming back in greater numbers each day and this is great. More are feeding on the fields surround the moss and today a small group of lapwings were nearby showing that some parts of the surface were softening enough for them to probe for food. Out on the lochan in the middle of Flanders were more signs that the geese were back . The lochan was still frozen solid but the surface was littered with goose poo where they have obviously been roosting. Geese eat grass but grass isn't that nutritious so geese have to eat an awful lot of grass. The result is that each goose can do up to 2000 poos a day and as a result you usually know if geese have been around. Close up each individual poo had slightly melted the surface of the ice leaving a star burst of melted channels with a green and white centre. Great design, maybe it would make a good logo for Flanders Moss ?
