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Greylag Goose
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Lakes, fields, marshes.
Diet: Grass, grain, aquatic plants.
Best time to spot: Honking flocks; ancestor of farm geese.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.
How rare is it?
The Greylag Goose sits in our Common tier for the UK: one of the birds you can expect on most days out in the right habitat. It is Amber-listed in Birds of Conservation Concern 5, the middle level of concern in the UK.
Recent UK sightings
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- Lesser White-fronted GooseEpic · Wet meadows (very rare)
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