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Leucistic Greylag
delia todd

Leucistic Greylag (Anser anser)

Last one from that visit to Kinnordy was this strange-looking Greylag.

I did get the ID confirmed in the forum, just in case I was missing something obvious, but they confirmed my thoughts that it was a Greylag with leucism.

He seemed to be keeping to himself over the far side of the loch, as I've not seen him at all on any visit to the reserve, just these distant flight pictures.
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Habitat
Inland loch and woodland nature reserve
Location
Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Kirriemuir, Angus
Date taken
27 April 2019
Scientific name
Anser anser
Equipment used
Fuji Finepix HS50 Sports Mode Continuous
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a quite unusual looking greylag, Delia, well spotted and a captured in a great setting, many tfs!!!
 
KC Foggin
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Nicely spotted and captured D.

Boy, there seems to be so much of this amongst our bird life the last few years.
 
wilberfloss
Nice shot, D.
I hope the bird's
condition doesn't
cause it any problems;
I've just been reading
about the consequences
it can have.
 
ChrisKten
The white shows up well, Delia; probably wouldn't have if you hadn't caught it in flight like this
 

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