12 Days of Christmas: Six geese a-laying at Harewood House
The birds, which have been known to live for more than 30 years in some cases, migrate every year after the mating season, taking up residence on the South Lawn, where, according to bird garden manager Nicholas Dowling, there is good grazing to be had. The birds are have a distinctive black head and neck with a white ‘chinstrap’.
As part of the YEP’s continuing romp through the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ song, we present six of said birds to you today.
Nicholas said: “We get several hundred geese here each year. They come and graze on the South Lawn.”