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Anser serrirostris
Family:
Ducks, geese and swans
Length:
53cm to 70cm
Wingspan:
118cm to 140cm
Weight:
1.9kg to 3.3kg
Other birds in the Ducks, geese and swans family
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Identification
Geese in the UK (Identification Guide with Pictures)
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Wigeon
Whooper Swan
This large bird arrives on our shores from Iceland to overwinter in late September, returning northwards to breed from mid March onwards.
White-Fronted Goose
Velvet Scoter
Larger than the Common Scoter this elegant European diving duck spends much of its time at sea and is often seen in company with mixed flocks resting on the water’s surface far out from land.
Tufted Duck
A type of diving duck, distinguished by its mohican-like feathers at back of head.
Teal
Taiga Bean Goose
Snow Goose
Smew
Shoveler
Shelduck
Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Red-Crested Pochard
Red-Breasted Merganser
Pochard
During the winter the population of this rare resident breeding duck increases by 55 times to that of the summer, with the influx of many thousands of others overwintering, having arrived from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Pintail
Pink-Footed Goose
Mute Swan
Mandarin Duck
A native of Japan and China, the mandarin duck was first introduced into the UK in the 18th century and started populations in the wild in the 1930’s following escapes from captivity. The UK population is estimated to be in the region of 7,000 birds.
Mallard
Long-Tailed Duck
Greylag Goose
The Greylag goose is the largest grey goose from the Anser genus of the Anatidae family of waterbirds. A stout, robust and heavyweight bird, the Greylag goose is the closest wild relative and ancestor to the domestic goose. Greylag geese are distributed across much of Europe and Asia, extending into eastern Russia and China. Most populations migrate, but some are sedentary, including in much of Northern Europe.
Merganser
Widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, the common merganser is the largest of the saw billed fish eating ducks. There are three sub-species with the Eurasian variant frequently known as the Goosander.
Goldeneye
Garganey
Gadwall
Eider
Egyptian Goose
Regarded as being sacred by early Egyptians, this native goose of the African continent was introduced into Europe and elsewhere as an ornamental wildfowl species in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Common Scoter
The word scoter is often used to define northern sea ducks. There are six different species of scoter, all of which are monotypic and three of which are confined to North America. The Common Scoter like the Velvet Scoter can only be found in Europe and Asia whilst the Stejneger’s Scoter is a native of Asia alone.
Canada Goose
This large bodied goose is both adaptable and social having been imported into Europe and Asia from its native lands in North America. A monogamous bird which pairs for life, it is considered a pest in some areas as being both messy and aggressive, particularly within urban environments.
Brent Goose
Bewick's Swan
Winter visitors to the UK, formerly considered a full species, but now considered a sub-species of the Tundra Swan.
Barnacle Goose
A highly sociable and unmistakable member of the goose family, often seen and heard flying in long, noisy packs and lines.
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