Geese - all types - Post Yours!

[RichardB]

Barnacle Geese
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Are these birds migrating?

 

[pcs]

Are these birds migrating?

Some are but not all so your guess is as good as mine

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Are these birds migrating?

Some are but not all so your guess is as good as mine

The Wiki says that they are wintering here but are increasingly also breeding here.

Maybe the soft winters make them stay more and more?

 

[pcs]

The Wiki says that they are wintering here but are increasingly also breeding here.

Maybe the soft winters make them stay more and more?

I know what the species does, I was talking about these specific birds so the question remains.

Don't geese(in Netherland) migrate north in summer to breed and south in winter?

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I know what the species does, I was talking about these specific birds so the question remains.

LOL Oh okay...

Don't geese(in Netherland) migrate north in summer to breed and south in winter?

Hmmm, yes, I think you're right. So why do they increasingly stay here to breed? Obviously not for the soft winters.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Egyptian goose.

They're real city birds. Yes, that is a car in the lower right corner.

Another one landing on the roof across from where I live.

 

[Darren75]

Egyptian goose.

They're real city birds. Yes, that is a car in the lower right corner.
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Another one landing on the roof across from where I live.
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Nice shots!

 

[Jack Dawe]

LOL Oh okay...

Hmmm, yes, I think you're right. So why do they increasingly stay here to breed? Obviously not for the soft winters.

In the UK we have wintering geese that visit from the north. They tend to favour traditional sites. In addition we have a lot - and I mean a lot - of feral geese that are descended from escapes, mainly Greylags, but also Barnacle Geese and even Red-breasted Geese and Lesser White-fronted Geese. The Greylangs and Barnacles can turn up almost anywhere. I guess the same may be true of yours.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

In the UK we have wintering geese that visit from the north. They tend to favour traditional sites. In addition we have a lot - and I mean a lot - of feral geese that are descended from escapes, mainly Greylags, but also Barnacle Geese and even Red-breasted Geese and Lesser White-fronted Geese. The Greylangs and Barnacles can turn up almost anywhere. I guess the same may be true of yours.

Probably. I do know that around February large groups of geese are on the move. I always thought they were leaving but I'm in doubt now.

 

[pcs]

Brent Geese, not very shy, un-cropped.