diff --git a/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic b/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
index 64940c78..bf15a1bd 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.wildlife/species.ludic
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export state WildlifeState {
   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
+  wl_turned_wet: int = 0      # of those, for water ahead
+  wl_turned_steep: int = 0    # for a climb too steep
 }
 
 function wl_sp_all(wildlife_st: WildlifeState) -> []WildSpecies {
diff --git a/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic b/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
index b3cba573..14a803ec 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.wildlife/steer.ludic
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ 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 }
+# of those, how many for water ahead and how many for a climb (the rest: pushed back by a still thing)
+export function wildlife_turned_wet(wildlife_st: WildlifeState) -> int { return wildlife_st.wl_turned_wet }
+export function wildlife_turned_steep(wildlife_st: WildlifeState) -> int { return wildlife_st.wl_turned_steep }
 
 function wl_step(wildlife_st: mut WildlifeState, a: WildAnimal, dt: float) -> bool {
   let d = a.speed * dt
@@ -29,7 +32,10 @@ function wl_step(wildlife_st: mut WildlifeState, a: WildAnimal, dt: float) -> bo
   }
   let nh = WildlifeWorld.ground(nx, nz)
   let moved = Math.abs(nx - a.x) + Math.abs(nz - a.z)
-  if nh < WildlifeWorld.water(nx, nz) + 0.6 or nh - a.y > d * 1.2 or moved < d * 0.2 {
+  let wet = nh < WildlifeWorld.water(nx, nz) + 0.6
+  let steep = nh - a.y > d * 1.2
+  if wet or steep or moved < d * 0.2 {
+    if wet { wildlife_st.wl_turned_wet += 1 } else if steep { wildlife_st.wl_turned_steep += 1 }
     a.yaw = a.yaw + Math.deg_to_rad(75.0)
     a.timer = 0.0
     wildlife_st.wl_turned += 1