Geese? Irvine (1 Viewer)

[Stuart Watson]

Can anyone help regarding 4 geese which i saw on Friday at Irvine harbour?

One was completely white and has a stocky red or deep orange bill and legs.
One appeared to be a standard White Fronted, but couldn`t see any black lines on underbelly.
One was what can only be described as a 50/50 of the other two - White Front plumage , but extremely pale- almost white, and had no whiteness above bill.
The forth was tucked up asleep and so i couldn`t see the legs or bill, but from what i could see the plumage looked standard.

I`d like to know if these are genuine WF`s and the white one just an albino - not a snow goose as i initially thought. No idea if they are resident or not as i havn`t noticed them before. Any info. would be appreciated thanks.

 

[Steven Astley]

Seems like possibly domestic versions of greylag which often show a white rim on beak and have patchy white and grey plumage

 

[harr1y]

try in here ..in sure the locals will help you out ..
http://www.ayrshire-birding.org.uk/
my guess is that Old McDonalds farm is 4 short in the old geese front judging by the sounds of that assortment

 

[Stuart Watson]

thanks guys - i`ve tried to find info on that website, but to no avail.
i guess i`ll have to go back with better bins and gather more notes.

Hard lines mcdonald -maybe they new xmas was nearby and made a dash for it

 

[tom24]

Suscribe to ayrshire-birding@yahoo groups,the full details on the web site.These geese will invariably be feral,there's quite a few appear on Ayrshire beaches.You'll find 'proper' whitefronts at L. Ken. Tom (Ayrhire)