Momentous day, the cygnets are exactly 9 months old today and appear to have gone ! This morning one cygnet (the runt) arrived back in the river but no sign of the other seven. The parents had a melancholy aire about them indicating the young might have finally gone.
The spring fever seems to be catching, for the loose goose also made a bid for freedom this afternoon about 4.15pm. It had a quiet and cosy night in the garage on a bed of straw, this morning I let it into the garden and it nibbled on some corn and other veg . Most of the time it inspected the garden gate and strutted around the place sussing it out. In the afternoon it flexed it's wings a few times and continued to inspect both the main gate and side gate. I went into the house to prepare some more corn and a minute later came out and the goose was gone !
It all makes sense - this is probably what it did to the previous owner, the call of the wild is stronger than anything else. It must have flew / jumped the gate, I heard later from a friend that the goose was seen heading down King street, I only hope it makes it back to the sea or river. I was still waiting for a call from the SSPCA who said they would try and find a suitable home for it. Watch this space.
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