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Psilos
Wildfowl Photography |
Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
The true native species is one of the largest
geese in Europe and the UK. Wild birds visit Scotland and Northern Ireland
in the winter but they are much scarcer in England. Flocks found in
England around gravel pits, lakes and reservoirs all year round are
smaller, tamer birds. They also tend to hybridise with domestic geese
and also with Canada geese, thus producing white and mixed coloured
forms. The goose in the photo below is a wild bird. The others are feral
forms. |
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A pale form |
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The white domestic goose is a hybrid from the Greylag goose and is seen much more often on lakes, reservoirs and ponds. |
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Juvenile gosling photographed at Leighton
Moss July 2005 |
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