My Congregation

These past few weeks, I have noticed a huge flock of golden plovers – or congregation.

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They land in my field and then erupt into the sky with a massive flapping (sounds like whirring) of wings, swooping over me.

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It is an awesome sight.

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There are hundreds of golden plovers and I stand watching them (praying they don’t poop on me!) while they decide on their next place to land.

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It can take a few minutes while they all fly in formation suddenly turning as one and changing colour as their pale under-carriage and wings are now on show.  Most amazing.

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These are European Golden Plovers – Pluvialis apricaria.

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Meanwhile, back on earth, a certain horse is in my bad books.  Haakon and his friends are on a diet, for obvious reasons, but they are not happy about it while the weather is vile.

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As it is about to turn again, I caved, opened the gate and shouted.  No one was asked twice.  There was a thunder of hooves, some squealing/bucking and then they all quickly settled down.

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Taktur was very pleased to see the adults.

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He gets very bored of Minion sitting.

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Then Lambie and Lambert started to complain about having to be proper sheep living in a field. Yes, I let them out only to find them pressed up against the front door, trying to get in.

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They have their own bedroom and they can go in there during the storm.  Lambie’s beautiful eyes are not going to sway me.

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No, no, no!  (He does have the loveliest eyes, though!)

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5 thoughts on “My Congregation

  1. Linda K

    You can’t blame them for trying! Although I’m sure they’re toasty warm in their woolly coats. No Plovers where I live, unfortunately.

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  2. Cassie

    I love your sheepies, and I hope they are grateful to their personal portrait photographer. Are they starting to grow horns?

    The plovers are amazing. I’ve only ever seen a handful at a time. Thank you for sharing!

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  3. Sam

    Hey, LambDogs want the same special treatment that Minions get with a rug. They just want it INSIDE the house. Really!

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