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Geese - East Bank, Cley, Norfolk, UK (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter DoghouseRiley
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DoghouseRiley
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Thanks for the pointers Mick
Simon Wates
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Also geese with young this age in the UK will really only be Greylag.
DoghouseRiley
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Thanks again Simon
MTem
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Or Canada of course...
Simon Wates
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:eek!: silly me - I think I must have been ignoring them in the UK to the point of forgetting them!
(wild geese in winter is one of the things I most miss in the UK)
Or Egyptian
Or Barnacle
Sherpa
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Or Bar-headed http://www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/sightings/ (scroll down)
Simon Wates
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I only thought about a real goose - a proper gander - not introduced thingies
( i've never felt nostalgic about any of the introduced fancy waterfowl)
But yes - fair play! Its important for ID of them that the options are known.
( i've never felt nostalgic about any of the introduced fancy waterfowl)
But yes - fair play! Its important for ID of them that the options are known.
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Simon Wates
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I see - now that could be interesting - from ferals on the continent?
Southern Frogmouth
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I only thought about a real goose - a proper gander - not introduced thingies
( i've never felt nostalgic about any of the introduced fancy waterfowl)
But yes - fair play! Its important for ID of them that the options are known.
What you think that breeding Greylags in the UK are all from wild stock and not feral/introduced etc:-O Some may be of wild origin up in the north, but the Norfolk birds, and most breeding in the south, are almost certainly from introduced/escaped/feral origins. Also I have seen Ross's Goose with young in the UK out in the wild, not that you'd confuse that with a Greylag of course.
Cheers
Roy
Simon Wates
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No, did I say the Greylags were wild? But I do remember ignoring them most of the time back in the 70's. What is engraved in a special place in my memory are my many winter days in Norfolk and in Lancashire with the massive flocks of Brent and Pinkfeet and of course their sounds and their sites.
The only thing that comes anywhere near down here are the large numbers of wild Greylags making it all the way to Coto Doñana - some 20,000 or so. In early May this year I was there and the breeding Greylags seem to have increased somewhat over recent years - these are believed to be entirely from wild wintering birds that have stayed to breed.
Its actually a relief not to have feral geese in numbers at the wetlands down here - I must admit my irritation with feral Canada Geese in the UK - they just seem to be in the way :-O
Regarding East Bank, the place where the OP's photo was taken - the last bird I remember seeing there was a Terek Sandpiper around 1979 (?). Can't remember any Greylags....
