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GREYLAG or WFG (1 Viewer)

Pavel

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Any ideas ? Photo taken yesterday in Durankulak, NE Bulgaria. This presumably partially leucistic WF goose was flying in a mixed flock of White-fronted and Red-breasted Geese.
Thanks for your comments.
 

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Looks very much like a hybrid/dodgy genes greylag to me. They quite frequently have odd white patches, definitely not a white front though I'm afraid.
 
Pavel, presumably it was similar size, wingspan etc to the accompanying White-fronts? The structure/jizz also looks OK for White-fronted I think, with all your experience in the project you'd have noticed the larger size and wingspan if it was a Greylag I reckon!
 
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