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| Image Description: |
A skein of Greylag Geese in formation |
| Image notes: |
This picture was taken before they colonised Shetland. |
| Species in Image: |
Greylag Goose |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00477 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Greylag Goose |
| Latin Name |
Anser anser |
| Shetland Name |
Grey Gj�s |
| Latin Group Name |
Anseriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Anatidae |
| Common Family Name |
Swans, Geese and Ducks |
| Description |
Fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant. In recent years a colony has been established in the far north of Shetland and seems to be slowly spreading.
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