Greylag clutch size

[John Marshall]

This morning 6th May whilst sitting in my study adjacent to a wide drain which is frequented by many greylag and Canada geese, a pair of greylag passed feeding on the grassy area on the bank and flat grass surroundb with a brood of eight healthy week old goslings. I have not seen such a large clutch before. I will be interested to learn if any members have heard of similar broods of goslings.

John Marshall

[Michael Frankis]

Watched a brood of ten goslings with their parents walk behing the Lesser Yellowlegs at Hauxley last night. My thoughts were that was a decent large brood, but not the biggest I've seen. If I remember rightly, I've seen 12s on occasion, maybe once a 15.

Did also once see a pair leading about 20 goslings, but that I'm sure was a crèche, not a single family (not least because half of them were slightly darker than the other half)

Michael