It might be a diver or a solan goose with outspread wings, but it looked too large. |
Old names for the northern gannet include solan and solan goose. |
How could he expect a blessing on a boat bought as he had bought The solan? |
On the same authority I learn that a solan goose, or gannet, has been known to visit this stream. |
Known locally as solan geese, gannets are Britain's biggest seabird, having a wingspan of up to six feet. |
It pastures a few sheep, and is a great breeding-place of solan geese. |