geese

The Humber Estuary is a site of special scientific interest and along with Bempton Cliffs Nature Reserve supports more than half a million birds annually including pink footed geese, puffins, avocets and bar-tailed godwits.

But its presence is causing significant concern to poultry farmers and the next risk comes in the spring when infected flocks of pink footed geese pass through Scotland as they migrate north.

A flock of Brent geese came sweeping over the cliff, riding the wind towards the sky.

Some 24 Canadian and American airmen were killed after an aircraft collided with a flock of geese.

The best known bird strike occurred in 2009, when an Airbus plane ditched into New York's Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese.