Egyptian Geese

[RobinP]

Spent a day on the Norfolk Broads today, amazed by the number of Egyptian geese and their goslings on the rivers, they must be fast be coming as common as Canada Geese, sorry no pictures .

[purpleone]

Hi,

Were in Thetford so kinda near the broads and today I saw 2 adult Egyptian geese with 8 Gosling's, I was very surprised, I didnt expect to see the Goslings!

[david156]

Hi.

Yes they are very common on the Norfolk Broads and surrounding area.
I was at Cockshoot Broad near Woodbastwick this morning, (opposite side of the river bure to the closed horning ferry pub) and there was a pair with half a dozen goslings.
Can be cantankerous sods though!

David

[thebeard]

there's plenty around the trent and its corresponding gravel pits, nice birds though!

[Cordaline]

Egyptian's are my favourite of the Geese, very striking. They are infact the breed that triggered my interest.
I saw a pair originally back in February this year at Mill Lake in Bracknell. When I visited the same lake on Wednesday this week, they had 2 very young Goslings, apparently the only ones to survive.
I also went to North Lake in Bracknell & thought all my Christmas' had come at once to find a pair with 5 more mature Goslings, allegedly 7-8 weeks old. A very good size, nearly as big as the adults.
They were actually feeding bread from a man's hand which I was surprised to see.
I got some amazing photo's. They came within a few feet of me at both sites.
Hopefully sorting software out this weekend so that I can finally start uploading my pics.

[RobinP]

They are very good parents (apparently) and so have a high success rate when breeding, I saw them see off a carrion crow in no uncertain terms while on the boat trip.