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Chapel Field, Chapel Field Road, NORWICH, NR12 9EN

This track ends at a boatyard further to the south > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/812297.

Several families of greylag geese (Anser anser) are populating the boatyard near Chapel Field Farm. They share their territory with a family of Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/812432. With the latter presently having very young goslings, they are favoured by patrons of the boatyard, who have just chased away the greylags so that the Egyptian goose family can eat in peace the morsels they have brought for them. With the greylags being larger and more powerful, they are the dominant species, and clearly not happy about being kept away from the feast - indicated by the threatening behaviour displayed by the two adult geese seen in the foreground. The greylag is the ancestor of most domestic geese, and the largest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe but only the native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland are truly wild geese. The animals eat grass roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain They can easily be seen all year round, sometimes even in suburban parks with lakes. Truly wild greylags are found mostly north of the Solway where they can be observed at RSPB nature reserves such as Mersehead (Dumfries & Galloway), Vane Farm (Fife) and Loch of Strathbeg (Grampian) from September to April. Wild breeding greylags can be found at Forsinard (Sutherland) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/427996 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71711. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greylaggoose/

Several families of greylag geese (Anser anser) are populating the boatyard near Chapel Field Farm. The greylag is the ancestor of most domestic geese, and the largest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe but only the native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland are truly wild geese. The animals eat grass roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain They can easily be seen all year round, sometimes even in suburban parks with lakes. Truly wild greylags are found mostly north of the Solway where they can be observed at RSPB nature reserves such as Mersehead (Dumfries & Galloway), Vane Farm (Fife) and Loch of Strathbeg (Grampian) from September to April. Wild breeding greylags can be found at Forsinard (Sutherland) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/427996 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71711. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greylaggoose/

Several families of greylag geese (Anser anser) are populating the boatyard near Chapel Field Farm. These youngsters are enjoying the warm May sunshine. The greylag is the ancestor of most domestic geese, and the largest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe but only the native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland are truly wild geese. The animals eat grass roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain They can easily be seen all year round, sometimes even in suburban parks with lakes. Truly wild greylags are found mostly north of the Solway where they can be observed at RSPB nature reserves such as Mersehead (Dumfries & Galloway), Vane Farm (Fife) and Loch of Strathbeg (Grampian) from September to April. Wild breeding greylags can be found at Forsinard (Sutherland) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/427996 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71711. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greylaggoose/

At boatyard near Chapel Field Farm.

A family of Egyptian geese - the goslings are 10 days old. Egyptian geese are related to the shelduck; introduced as an ornamental wildfowl species, some individuals have escaped into the wild where they are now successfully breeding. There are an estimated 700 breeding pairs and a population of 1000 wintering geese; they can be seen all year round on ponds or gravel pits, with the highest numbers being found on the North Norfolk coast and in the Norfolk Broads. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/e/egyptiangoose/index.asp

Several families of greylag geese (Anser anser) are populating the boatyard near Chapel Field Farm. These youngsters are enjoying the warm May sunshine. The greylag is the ancestor of most domestic geese, and the largest of the wild geese native to the UK and Europe but only the native birds and wintering flocks found in Scotland are truly wild geese. The animals eat grass roots, cereal leaves and spilled grain They can easily be seen all year round, sometimes even in suburban parks with lakes. Truly wild greylags are found mostly north of the Solway where they can be observed at RSPB nature reserves such as Mersehead (Dumfries & Galloway), Vane Farm (Fife) and Loch of Strathbeg (Grampian) from September to April. Wild breeding greylags can be found at Forsinard (Sutherland) > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/427996 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71711. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greylaggoose/

At boatyard near Chapel Field Farm. Egyptian geese are related to the shelduck; introduced as an ornamental wildfowl species, some individuals have escaped into the wild where they are now successfully breeding. There are an estimated 700 breeding pairs and a population of 1000 wintering geese; they can be seen all year round on ponds or gravel pits, with the highest numbers being found on the North Norfolk coast and in the Norfolk Broads. http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/e/egyptiangoose/index.asp

In boatyard near Chapel Field Farm.