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10-02-2008, 03:16 PM
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...or perhaps it's a goose. It doesn't appear in my books. Seen in Richmond Park. Thanks.   |
10-02-2008, 03:20 PM
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Hi Mike and welcome to WAB.
Your bird is an Egyptian Goose - originally introduced as an ornamental bird but now well established in the wild, especially here in the East.
Jeff |
10-02-2008, 03:21 PM
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I think it might be an Egyptian Goose  |
10-02-2008, 03:22 PM
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Hallo mikeb, welcome to the forum.
Your bird is an Egyptian Goose, an introduced species related to Shelduck, with an established breeding population in East Anglia.
T2
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10-02-2008, 03:27 PM
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Thank you. There were at least two of them in sunny Surrey this morning. |
10-02-2008, 03:31 PM
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That's good Mike - if they're a male and a female you may soon have even more
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10-02-2008, 03:31 PM
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They get about a bit. A few years ago I saw a flock of 15 in Broomfield Park, Enfield. They just turned up one day, stayed a few days, then moved on. Very tame, as I recall.
T2
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10-02-2008, 03:38 PM
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There's been a few sighted in Hertfordshire been around since last october..
I took a pic a couple of weeks ago in St Albans down at the lakes.
Julie
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10-02-2008, 03:49 PM
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egyptian goose, i've never seen one in the wild,never realised there was a breeding population down south |
10-02-2008, 04:21 PM
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theres a pair near us every year they have young but then they dissapear and we dont see them again till the following year wonder where they go?
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10-02-2008, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by epops  theres a pair near us every year they have young but then they dissapear and we dont see them again till the following year wonder where they go? | The Thames around Reading I think! 
We have up to a dozen Egyptian Geese regularly flying in here, and not ALL from the local wildfowl collection!
I like them you know. Dull at first glance (like many waterbirds) but on closer inspection they are quite beautiful to look at.
Big white patches on their wings when in flight and quite variable in plumage.
Watched a very dark one flying low through the mist hanging over the river at dawn this morning - really nice to see...
Doug |
10-02-2008, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Tursiops2 Hallo mikeb, welcome to the forum.
Your bird is an Egyptian Goose, an introduced species related to Shelduck, with an established breeding population in East Anglia.
T2 | In last few years well established around London area too! Pair in Richmond Park with a brood of 6 (down from 8) at the moment as well as several other pairs there. | | |
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