greylag goose

Greylag Goose, Surrey

A very hot visit to Kinnordy again this afternoon. This picture was taken at the west end of the reserve, where I sat for a while hoping to see the Marsh Harrier, but it didn't perform for me. Instead the Highland Cattle were snoozing, with several Oycs, various ducks hiding in the watery...

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.... then more goslings... with dad bringing up the rear (there wasn't room for mum in the first picture). I counted 18 goslings - but there could well have been more. Presumably they'd pinched some from another clutch. AAP

AAP On one of my summer visits to the Murton Reserve I was scoping the far side of the wee loch when a Greylag came through, followed by some goslings.... then more goslings...

I made a visit to Martin Mere with Ivan Ellison. The day started out great but on arrival to the Mere the cloud came over ...there was only one bit of sky yielding colour and it did not last long. It was great to see the geese and swans which I hadn't seen for some time.

Greylag and White-Fronted Geese. Brenne; January 2012.

AAP On the way back from Hatton, we called in at Forfar Loch, which really can have some good birds there at times. Taken in the days when I could get down on my knees for a shot! A Happy New Year to all my friends at Birdforum.

It's cold, grey and wet here today, so here is a shot taken on a warm and sunny day at Strumpshaw Fen earlier in the year. The Greylag Goose was standing beside the path with the luminous green foliage glowing behind it. It remained there defiantely as we walked past with a degree of...

this was taken at cleethorpes boating again on sat 26-11-2011 there were about 70 of them around the boating lake and on the grassed areas

I had a very nice visit to Kinnordy this afternoon in lovely sunshine. There were around 200 Greylags on the water, then they decided to fly off up to the fields above the loch. This is just a few of them, which I chose to show you as I rather like the overall scene.

Surprised to see these.

It's that time of the year when the reedbeds are starting to echo to the evocative calls of geese on the move. Ron

Well Peeps, We are off to Rye Harbour this morning, so see y'all later.

Three pics from our last trip to the Norfolk Coast back in March/April for ya this morning. We are going to look along the A149 today, to see where we would like to move to, so no birding for me again. I hope the weathers kind to y'all, happy birding.

its mother was around and not very far away was the dad. taken at the boating lake at Cleethorpes

Three from the moving boat, taken on our Norfolk Broads trip back in March. Rumour has it, that we are moving to the North Norfolk Coast, I cant wait.

A Greylag Goose which decided to block the path at Strumpshaw Fen. In the end it turned out to be friendly! It's the first time I have noticed the notches on the biting edges of the bill to enable it to grip better. Ron