My first contribution to The Guardian’s Country Diary appeared yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/06/country-diary-light-bellied-brent-geese-eelgrass-strangford-lough

Kez Armstrong, formerly Warden at Castle Espie, and Graham McIlwaine of the Irish Brent Goose Research Group were very helpful to me as I wrote this piece. Thanks to them both.