High Flyers

These Canada geese caught me somewhat by surprise. I had seen a flock feeding on one of the ponds at Burton Mere but these took of in a flap from a field just outside of the reserve. Just one or two came first but a couple of minutes later a larger group took to the sky and then an even larger flock flew up and overhead before settling on the pond beyond the grassy bank behind me.

Often when you see geese in flight they seem to fly in good order, there is a pattern and structure to the flight but as you can see from the second shot it isn't always that way and sometimes they seem to almost tumble through the sky.