Five Geese Flying

Have I told you there are Canada geese in England? It came as a surprise to us when we moved here. Someone imported them for target practice a few hundred years ago. They’re also in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and New Zealand. They failed as game birds; apparently their flight patterns and tame behaviour make them less fun to shoot. But they're successful immigrants. We see them whenever we visit York. They hang out by the castle walls or the canal. Picking our way through the goose-fertilized lawn near Clifford’s Tower makes us homesick for Victor’s Pond. This block is called Five Geese Flying, a variation on the traditional Flying Geese design. Does it look like five geese to you? I keep seeing twelve.