a distinct shortage of suitable nesting sites around the Humber has seen 16 pairs trying to breed on a bit of mud in the middle of a reedbed on the local patch; the greylags have done their best to extend the mud habitat but there seems little chance of any of the chicks surviving to fledging as all they have to feed on are the small muddy patches at the base of the reedbed -- the changes in bird behaviour is always an education; I had been stood on a busy road watching this family for some time with no reaction from the adults but when two people stopped to talk to me both parents made a sudden aerial attack only to immediately settle back down with the chicks
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