The dark 'trail' in the sky are skeins of geese. These fly over Greenbrae in the morning going to their feeding grounds and as in this picture return late afternoon to where they roost. The geese come every year to the Loch of Strathbeg, an RSPB bird reserve. Thousands and thousands of them. Our guests often go out early to watch them leave the loch, a magnificent sight. Farmers local to Strathbeg receive funding to leave their fields available to the geese and food is also put out for them. This is to encourage the geese to not go where the farmers dont want them!
The other thing to mention is that as they fly over us they call to each other. The first sound of this calling in the autumn, heralding their arrival, is still magical to us.
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