It’s always interesting to learn a bird’s history. During last Monday’s jaunt around Roath Park Lake, as well as enjoying the Shovelers, I spotted this colour-ringed Canada goose so reported my sighting. This bird was ringed near Waterhead, Ambleside, in Cumbria, in June 2016 but has since decided it prefers south Wales.

First, it checked out the lake around Caerphilly Castle, where it was spotted in July 2017. Later that year, in December, a report was sent in from Cosmeston Lakes, and the goose also checked in at the coast near Ogmore, in September 2018. Since then, though, Canada goose DAKP seems to have settled at Roath Park Lake, where it’s been since December 2019. Interestingly, there are some gaps in reported sightings: from early February to late July 2020, from October 2020 to May 2021, from February to August 2022, and from late March to late July this year. Whether this means it travels elsewhere to breed, or just fancies a change of scene from time to time is impossible to tell.