I really wanted to see an Egyptian goose… and lo… there were two in the field next to where we stayed. (The Redshanks in the estuaries were a bonus.) The pair of geese kept to themselves and if other Egyptian geese flew in to join them in the field, much flapping and indignation happened. The other birds would veer off mid-air. The pair didn’t mind other birds hanging out with them, such as the pheasants, curlews and jackdaws.