diff --git a/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic b/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
index df213e6b..64940c78 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export state WildlifeState {
   wl_dice: Rng = rng_new(97)
   wl_hold: bool = false      # staged: nobody thinks, everybody keeps their speed
   wl_spot_ask: WildSpot = new WildSpot
+  wl_turned: int = 0          # steps refused and turned 75 degrees instead: the fallback, counted
 }
 
 function wl_sp_all(wildlife_st: WildlifeState) -> []WildSpecies {
diff --git a/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic b/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
index 4e73371e..b3cba573 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ function wl_face(a: WildAnimal, tx: float, tz: float, rate: float, dt: float) ->
 }
 
 # true when it moved; a walker is slid round a still thing (a trunk, a tent), a bird is not
+# how many steps were refused and turned from since the start: how often the way was not enough
+export function wildlife_turned(wildlife_st: WildlifeState) -> int { return wildlife_st.wl_turned }
+
 function wl_step(wildlife_st: mut WildlifeState, a: WildAnimal, dt: float) -> bool {
   let d = a.speed * dt
   if d < 0.0001 { return false }
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ function wl_step(wildlife_st: mut WildlifeState, a: WildAnimal, dt: float) -> bo
   if nh < WildlifeWorld.water(nx, nz) + 0.6 or nh - a.y > d * 1.2 or moved < d * 0.2 {
     a.yaw = a.yaw + Math.deg_to_rad(75.0)
     a.timer = 0.0
+    wildlife_st.wl_turned += 1
     return false
   }
   a.x = nx