VicZA Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hi all, I am new to the area and quite new to the European birding environment (originally from Africa) so please excuse me if this is a silly question: My wife and I went through to Fairholmes Visitor Centre in the Peak District and on the way there, across the dam is a farm with sheep and geese and while I was scanning the banks I noticed that one of the geese amongst the Canada Geese was a lot more white, with yellow/orange legs and bill and was also somewhat smaller than the Canada's ..... is it possible that this could be a BAR-HEADED GOOSE ? I know this is an Asian species, but could it be domesticated somehow? Just wondering ..... Thanks Victor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butlers Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 http://www.sbsg.org/sightings might be something on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Greylag maybe? See also Brent and PinkFooted Lots of good places to go out with a pair of binoculars round here; Welcome to Sheffield Victor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicZA Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 No definately not any of those. I have seen many Greylags before and the other two just have too dark a head - was definately very, very white. Looked online and it seems as if there may be some introduced individuals around the UK ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Feral snow goose have been reported in the area before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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