It won't be long before we see pink footed geese forming big noisy skeins in the sky,
greylag geese grazing in the fields, wigeon on the lake edges.
These lakes provide habitat to a wide variety of wintering waterfowls including species of concern such as white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca),
greylag goose (Anser anser) and greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus rube).
Heart rate responses to induced challenge situations in
greylag geese (Anser anser).
Barnacle geese fly in from similar areas to the Brents and about 1,800 are now present, while around 400
greylag geese are at Budle Bay.
Another goose species, the
greylag goose Anser anser (the northwest European population), also utilises this staging site, with numbers peaking in early and mid-September corresponding to the time of arrival of the pink-footed geese.
Natural induction of spontaneous liver steatosis in
Greylag Landaise geese (Anser anser).
Usually found in the high Arctic of Greenland and Iceland, the falcon, the largest of the species, stayed for an unprecedented four months and began hunting the resident
greylag geese.
Within 8- 10 weeks, Pochards, Common Teals, Tufted Ducks, Gadwalls, Garganeys and the
Greylag and Bar- headed Geese will also have checked- in into Delhi.
Barnacle,
greylag, white-front and Egyptian geese join giant mute swans, wigeon, mallards and more on the menu.
Until recently, at Aracinovsko Blato and Katlanovsko Blato during winter there could be seen flocks of over 2,000 mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), 1,500 common cranes (Grus grus), grey herons (Ardea cinerea), purple herons (Ardea purpurea),
greylag geese (Anser anser), western marsh harriers (Circus aeruginosus)--birds of prey and the worst enemies to all types of wetland birds, and white storks (Ciconia ciconia).
His moody, underexposed shot of a
greylag goose on the bank of the Thames, set against the Shard, is proof that the beauty of nature can be captured anywhere.
Islanders have been allowed to shoot
greylag geese for the past three years after a booming flock laid waste to farmers' crops.
greylag - common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds