Path to nowhere

The same walk – or rather, run. Through mud and round fields. Along tracks and across streams.

Today, the heron was at the pond. Though it flew off to the next field when I looked at it. There were also two geese, but not Canada geese. I think they were grey geese. But I wasn’t close enough to spot enough distinguishing features. I’m just assuming that grey geese are not uncommon and they have the right coloured bill (orange).

I think I also saw redwings and/or fieldfares.

And many worms on the road. I attempted to rescue 27. I think some were dead. Others tried not to be picked up, so they were definitely alive. Many were on their… er… last legs. They end up in this fix as they can’t breathe in waterlogged soil, so they surface and then, it seems, get confused and can’t find their burrows again. Oh… wait a minute… apparently, no – they surface in order to migrate…. Or to swarm…

Last time and this time I tried to watch what the worms did once on the soil. They seemed to be trying to go into the ground, but I guess that’s not going to be a very speedy proposition. How do worms go in the ground? Oh… by eating their way through. That, surely, is going to take a bit of time. Hence, this video had limited action potential.