Type of goose
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:03 pm
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Type of goose
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Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:12 pm
Could be a Greylag, johnd - lovely photo
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:35 pm
Thank you very much indeed.
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:38 pm
It's a Big Goose 
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:14 pm
Going by the size of it I think it may be a domestic breed. I agree it has the colouring of a Greylag but they are much daintier birds. Domestic birds do sometimes escape and join the local wild flock but they don't last long if Freddy Fox spots them.
Edit. I have just had a quick google and I think it is a Toulouse Goose. Parlez vous le frog?
Edit. I have just had a quick google and I think it is a Toulouse Goose. Parlez vous le frog?
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:51 am
It was lovely to watch and one of those times where the light was right and I could get a shot I like.
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:37 am
Could be a Greylag Goose although I would have expected the head and upper neck to be a bit darker. Greylag Geese are a big bird , 75 -90cm
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:59 am
Yes, it measures about 1½" on my phone 
Re: Type of goose
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:35 am
Quite correct. I said it was a Big Goose
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