Goose ID required please:-)

sunnydale · #1 (**permalink**) 28-04-2010, 05:05 PM

Hi all,

Not too sure about this Goose!

I spotted it on the bank by the Ladybower Reservoir yesterday.
Bit far away, so a heavily cropped image.....

Thanks,

Tracey

Tringa · #2 (**permalink**) 28-04-2010, 05:19 PM

I'm no expert on geese, but it looks like a greylag.

Have a look at this one

Google Image Result for http://www.thewesternisles.co.uk/Assets/Images/rarebirds/bird-sightings-greylag-geese.jpg

Dave

sunnydale · #3 (**permalink**) 28-04-2010, 06:19 PM

Thanks Dave.

I did look at Greylag in my RSPB book but the picture in that showed it with quite a dark grey brown head, which is why I was a little unsure.

gecko · #4 (**permalink**) 28-04-2010, 10:14 PM

It looks like some kind of Greylag / domestic goose hybrid.

Ferret · #5 (**permalink**) 29-04-2010, 01:05 AM

The general shape is that of a Farmyard Goose of which the majority are of Graylag ancestry but some features of this bird, especially the broad brown stripe on the nape of the neck, suggest mere than a smattering of Swan Goose genes.

Ferret

captaincarot · #6 (**permalink**) 29-04-2010, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferret

The general shape is that of a Farmyard Goose of which the majority are of Graylag ancestry but some features of this bird, especially the broad brown stripe on the nape of the neck, suggest mere than a smattering of Swan Goose genes.

Ferret

absolutely spot on

though i would have expected some white round the base of the bill also, from a direct cross, which suggests probable second generation.