Duck? Duck? Goose?

[Genersis]

Is this title okay?
If not a mod can change it to "Duck? Duck? Goose?" if they so wish.

So, I've been going out for walks regularly of late to lose weight. And a route I regularly walk takes me down a canal.
I see a lot of the usual birds.
Mallard Ducks, Canada Geese, Swans, those...black ones with the white faces+beak and huge feet. But there are also a pair of birds of which I've never seen before.

So...I took a picture and wonder if any of the folk here would have some idea.

Sorry about the quality, this is quite zoomed in.
Typically, just as I put my phone away, they walked right up to me.

They have orange eyes, for what it's worth.
They look more like a kind of duck to me, than a goose.

Any ideas my internet ducktectives?

 

[tadoflamb]

Is this title okay?
If not a mod can change it to "Duck? Duck? Goose?" if they so wish.

So, I've been going out for walks regularly of late to lose weight. And a route I regularly walk takes me down a canal.
I see a lot of the usual birds.
Mallard Ducks, Canada Geese, Swans, those...black ones with the white faces+beak and huge feet. But there are also a pair of birds of which I've never seen before.

So...I took a picture and wonder if any of the folk here would have some idea.
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Sorry about the quality, this is quite zoomed in.
Typically, just as I put my phone away, they walked right up to me.

They have orange eyes, for what it's worth.
They look more like a kind of duck to me, than a goose.

Any ideas my internet ducktectives?

They're Egyptian Geese. An introduced species common to parks. In California they've established a breeding population and are a countable species. Not sure about their status in Great Britain.

Cool birds. I'd like to see one someday.

 

[John Hyperspace]

It's ironic that they are indeed geese, given the spirit of the thread title, and the first post.

 

[Genersis]

It's ironic that they are indeed geese, given the spirit of the thread title, and the first post.

Gah!
The shame...

 

[Genersis]

"...Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, and Germany have self-sustaining populations which are mostly derived from escaped ornamental birds...
In Britain, it is found mainly in East Anglia, in parkland with lakes. It was officially declared a pest in the U.K. in 2009."
Cool I guess.
East Anglia is North East of Greater London, for what it's worth. Can't imagine them crossing suburban London to get to the canal, but they must of got here somehow...

 

[tadoflamb]

In Britain, it is found mainly in East Anglia, in parkland with lakes. It was officially declared a pest in the U.K. in 2009."
Cool I guess.

Don't blame the bird for being successful.