What duck? River Mosel, near Cochem, Germany (1 Viewer)

NicoleB

Nature addict

• Aug 2, 2012

• #1

Any ideas on this fellow?
Hybrid or am I just too blind (again) to find him in the Collins....
Taken 2 weeks ago.

Thanks & B
Nicole

 

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fabalis

Well-known member

• Aug 2, 2012

• #2

Nilgans

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James Emerson

Norwich Birder

• Aug 2, 2012

• #3

NicoleB said:

Any ideas on this fellow?
Hybrid or am I just too blind (again) to find him in the Collins....
Taken 2 weeks ago.

Thanks & B
Nicole

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It's an Egyptian Goose.

Regards,
James

 

Nohatch

Mad scientist

• Aug 2, 2012

• #4

Hi Nicole,

That's an Egyptian Goose - there's an expanding population of introduced birds in nw Europe.

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MJB

Well-known member

• Aug 2, 2012

• #5

Nohatch said:

Hi Nicole, That's an Egyptian Goose - there's an expanding population of introduced birds in nw Europe. N

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Hi again, Nicole: although the present-day Egyptian Goose populations in Europe come from introductions and escapes (the Dutch population is probably the source of your Cochem bird), it was once a European breeding species up to the 17th century in Voyvodina, where it was a prized quarry species (see the species account in The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds). Technically, therefore, it might better be described as a re-introduction...

It won't be long before the 2012 Mosel young wines are available!:t:
MJB
PS I have a weakness for Piesporter...

 

MJB

Well-known member

• Aug 2, 2012

• #6

Nohatch said:

Hi Nicole, That's an Egyptian Goose - there's an expanding population of introduced birds in nw Europe. N

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Nohatch said:

Hi Nicole, That's an Egyptian Goose - there's an expanding population of introduced birds in nw Europe. N

Click to expand...

Hi again, Nicole: although the present-day Egyptian Goose populations in Europe come from introductions and escapes (the Dutch population is probably the source of your Cochem bird), it was once a European breeding species up to the 17th century in Voyvodina, where it was a prized quarry species (see the species account in The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds). Technically, therefore, it might better be described as a re-introduction...

It won't be long before the 2012 Mosel young wines are available!:t:
MJB
PS I have a weakness for Piesporter...

 

NicoleB

Nature addict

• Aug 2, 2012

• #7

LOL, thanks everyone!
I had an eye on the Egyptian fellow, but thought it couldn't be
I think it kind of funny that I see one in Germany, instead of Egypt

@MJB
Have been in the vineyards that day. It will be a little while still until the wines for 2012 are ready, hehe
Never tried a Piesporter...
Thanks for the explanation!

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Aug 2, 2012

• #8

First. Egyptian Goose. Second ( and more importantly - Hi Nichole. Welcome back :t: B ).

Chris

 

Dimitri

Member

• Aug 2, 2012

• #9

NicoleB said:

LOL, thanks everyone!
I had an eye on the Egyptian fellow, but thought it couldn't be
I think it kind of funny that I see one in Germany, instead of Egypt

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There is a big population in Belgium and The Netherlands and they are expanding fast.

Cf: http://waarnemingen.be/waarneming/view/49827768 (Belgium)
http://waarneming.nl/waarneming/view/40270860 (Netherlands)

Where will it end?

 

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Peewit

Once a bird lover ... always a bird lover

• Aug 2, 2012

• #10

Hi Nicole

Nice to meet you here, and yes that is an Egyptian Goose in your photo

We have a healthy few in the UK - and I know they are at Rutland Water in the UK...one of many places to find them o

Regards
Kathy
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NicoleB

Nature addict

• Aug 8, 2012

• #11

Thanks folks!
(For some reason I must have managed to unsubscribe from my thread again, sigh, am getting old ;-)