Author Topic: Visitor (Read 2702 times)

jameslindsay · « **on:** June 14, 2010, 06:02:29 pm »

All day today we have had a lone goose take up residence on our land and the strange thing is my 5 are getting on well with it. Usually if any animal that doesn't belong to me enters my land they go mental and chase it away. The first pic is the 5 of mine with the visitor. Number 2 is the new addition, No 3 - my goslings now 8 weeks old and look at the size of them. No4 is the parents of my goslings, I think they are Chinese geese and the visitor looks very similair to them, any ideas?

Newby · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2010, 06:07:33 pm »

The visitor is a Greylag

jameslindsay · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2010, 06:13:16 pm »

Thank you

northfifeduckling · « **Reply #3 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:40:31 am »

The visitor looks like one of the migrating wild ones we get in spring and autumn. > thanks, Newby for giving us the name, I never knew what they are called<

Maybe it was injured in spring and left behind...I admire them each time they are around, absolutely beautiful!

JulieS · « **Reply #4 on:** June 15, 2010, 09:04:02 am »

Lovely pictures James

jameslindsay · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2010, 10:01:21 pm »

Well the Greylag is still with us. As soon as I let my 5 out this morning my Roman Goose went straight on the river to join it and they have been together all day!! Now my lot are locked up he/she goes off on to the river and I guess will wait for its new pals in the morning. I still can't get my head around why it has not been terrorised off our land.