???Snow Geese?? (1 Viewer)

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Ruth Daniel

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• May 2, 2008

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Can anyone help with these Geese please?
Photographed at Walney Island,Cumbria yesterday we think they may be Snow Geese?
There were 8 of them in 4 pairs so we presumed not escapees??
Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

 

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rob stoff

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• May 2, 2008

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Ruth Daniel said:

Can anyone help with these Geese please?
Photographed at Walney Island,Cumbria yesterday we think they may be Snow Geese?
There were 8 of them in 4 pairs so we presumed not escapees??
Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

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They look like Emperor Geese (native to Alaska and adjacent parts of Russia) so certainly escapes I'm afraid

Rob

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• May 2, 2008

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rob stoff said:

They look like Emperor Geese (native to Alaska and adjacent parts of Russia) so certainly escapes I'm afraid

Rob

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Thanks Rob.....we thought they were Blue Morph Snow Geese but somethingg wasn't quite right!
Definitely Emperors now I've seen a pic!:t:

 

mcmerlin

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• May 2, 2008

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Ruth, i have seen these exact geese at south walney, last summer!!!! and i didnt have a clue what they were. there were loads of them- they just flew in from seemingly nowhere. so i just presumed that they were some exotic escapee.

 

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baphomet

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• May 2, 2008

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I've seen 'em too aren't they the famous bar headed of Walney?

 

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Graham Howard Shortt

• May 2, 2008

• #6

Startled me when I saw them there a few weeks ago - they are Emperor Geese. I don't know how they got there but they didn't fly the whole way from Kamchatka.

Graham

 

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NickPatel92

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• May 2, 2008

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Defo Emperor geese. I see them every time i go to walney. Great Birds, and i think there is a pic of two on my Blog (head under unfortunately).

 

christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• May 2, 2008

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Ruth,if you go to my website,-www.Haverigg.com there is a photo of a Snow goose.We do have one here at Haverigg,albeit not at the moment.He has joined a flock of Canadas,and they return each winter.