On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...

...10 geese migrating,

 

These geese were spotted this autumn migrating over Big Moor on the eastern edge of the Peak District. Pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) migrate to the UK each winter from locations such as Greenland and Iceland. They produce a characteristic high pitched honking, and often travel in large V-shaped 'skeins'.

 

9 plants a-pluggin',

 

 

8 Sphagna growing,

 

 

7 sites now set up,

 

 

 

6 leaves a-prickling,

 

 

5 red deer!

 

 

4 hare prints,

 

 

3 lizards,

 

 

 

2 mating toads,

 

and a bilberry bumblebee!