Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Spa, Tralee Bay, 12th December 2018 (Cait O'Neill).
Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Spa, Tralee Bay, 12th December 2018 (Cait O'Neill).
Hybrid goose, Blennerville, 12th December 2018 (Cait O'Neill).
This goose is an odd one, structurally similar to a Greylag, with heavy-set body and short neck, but a few other features such as the black blotching on the underparts and partial white blaze on the forehead show perhaps White-fronted Goose genes in the mix. However the plain mantle feathers lacking prominent pale edging and the dark tip to the bill don't tick the box for any other goose species, at least none that are likely to occur in Kerry in a wild state.
Chances are there is some wildfowl collection owner somewhere who is right now looking around their empty goose pen with a puzzled look, one hand on hip, other hand scratching their head muttering, "Now where the feck did it get to now?".
Hybrid goose, Blennerville, 12th December 2018 (Cait O'Neill).
Hybrid goose, Blennerville, 12th December 2018 (Cait O'Neill).
