An evening in the pink
Wildfowling is the most magical of fieldsports. The often harsh environment with epic landscapes and a symphony of sounds can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. And if one species really gets the blood pumping for most wildfowlers, it is the pink-footed goose with its distinctive ‘winks’. It is a sound that can stop you in your tracks and induce goose fever.
The first pinks I saw this season were when I was on a grouse moor loading. The sound of the geese almost stopped play for a short period as the beaters, flankers and guns all cast their eyes upwards. The fresh birds flighting marked the start of
