help identify this goose in the uk? (2 Viewers)

[wbk666]

can you help identify this bird? my young son and I came across it this morning and its not a regular at the lake which is normally just over run with mallards, coots and canada geese.
other newcomers where one grey lag goose and one bar-headded goose but this one is proving harder for me (a rank amatuer) to identify
excuse my ignorance if its a total no-brainer to most of you

 

[Edward woodwood]

looks a bit like an Emperor Goose

but something doesn't quite fit - I think it's the dark breast

need to check up

Tim

 

[IanF]

Saw these when at Grange over Sands and Walney Island last year when we in Cumbria for a week.

I think they are a hybrid possibly Snow/Emperor/Brent/Canada Goose cross as far as I could tell.

 

[Edward woodwood]

an Emperor here...

 

[wbk666]

they certainly look similar, thanks Tim.
so would you say i have an emperor hybrid or just one with different markings?

 

[Dimitris]

I'd say Emperor*Barnacle Goose.

 

[lou salomon]

waiting for jörn...

 

[Vinch]

Hello,

This goose is a barnacle/ Emperor hybrid.
Barnacle because of black breast, black bill, bill size, tail colouration.
Emperor of white hair, feather pattern, yellow-orange legs.

Best regards.

 

[wbk666]

thanks, seems cleared up now.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

yep, it´s an emperor barnacle
.... hm; sounds like an interesting new species, I just came to realize.



but seriously , barnacle goose hybrids generally have the dark breast of the barnacle goose parent;
for example barnacle goose x bar-headed goose, Barnacle goose x greylag goose, barnacle goose x canada goose or cackling goose, barnacle goose x emperor goose, barnacle goose x lesser whitefront.

th exeption from this rule seem to be barnacle x snow goose and barnacle x Ross goose hybrids.

 

[SeanKP]

Another hybrid goose

I've posted a picture of what I assume to be another hybrid in my gallery and would be grateful if someone could let me know exactly what it's a cross between. Presumably Canada Goose and something else?

Thanks.

Sean

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Sean, the bird in your gallery is Canada x Greylag. The greylag may have been a domestic farmyard bird.

 

[SeanKP]

Sean, the bird in your gallery is Canada x Greylag. The greylag may have been a domestic farmyard bird.

Thanks Joern.

Sean