greylag gosling

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Managed an hour at the reservoirs this morning. Youngsters everywhere. It started as it meant to go on; a Crow flew off with a Gosling while my son was feeding it. A few minutes later a Fox ran by me with a Gosling in it's jaws. A great time of year if you can stand the stress ;) Oh, and I...

It'll be Gosling pics for a few days, as I took 100s just to be safe ;)

Last one until I go again, as I only got a couple of pics with single Goslings. They spend a lot of time huddled together soon after hatching; they don't walk far without resting either

From the Reservoirs this morning. The Greylag goslings have grown a lot since I saw them just over a week ago; as you can see. I think these are either early chicks or the first brood, as there's still some smaller ones about.

That's it, no more for a while, even though I've got loads that I like. This is one of the younger ones, as you can see by the size, and the amount of yellow still in the plumage.

One more after this, and then I think I'll give the gosling pics a rest.

I've got loads of pictures of these, but I can't decide which I like best; so I'm uploading more of them than I should.|=)| Anyway, they won't be little for long; they'll either grow, or feed the Foxes (which are prowling near every group of youngsters).|=)|

This is one of the older goslings, notice that there's no yellow in the plumage unlike the younger birds. I hope you like Goslings, because I'm afraid there might be a few more pics to come.|=)|

Well I thought there was loads of Canada goslings at the Reservoirs Saturday, but I found the Greylags this morning as well. There was at least two ages of goslings, at least a week apart. This is one of the younger ones, the older birds have lost most of the yellow in their plumage. Something...

... Places to go. A Greylag gosling exploring its new surroundings. Ron

I could not resist this little fluffy fellow, one of 5 goslings in the greylag family

A soft but feisty little guy. One of a series from last month. The whole collection can be seen at: http://www.psiloswildlifephotography.co.uk/features/goslingsgalore.htm

Spent a lovely afternoon this week lying in the sun and enjoying an overload of cuteness. Who cares that they are only Greylags beauty is beauty!