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When the old professionals were hunting them for the London market, they were considered the wildest of wild geese. I think they are clever, and just like mallard they adapt to circumstances; nowt is more wily than a mallard on a regularly shot shore, and yet they are as tame as you like in a town park.

If we had the brent back on the quarry list, and I cannot think of a scientific reason why we should not, I reckon they would get pretty challenging very quickly. Also, having retrieved and eaten one that had been tossed away by another wildfowler, I’d say they are far

Are brent geese more intelligent than we give them credit for?