They seem focused on wild prey – I've seen them overfly a whole field of lambs and go for a greylag goose or snatch a rabbit caught by a buzzard. |
Skylarks, wheatears, pipits and greylag geese fill any silences that remain. |
The greylag goose is a native species in Iceland, the United Kingdom, and Europe, and it also winters in the Mediterranean and southern Asia. |
Westmorland marshes are apparently frequented mostly by the greylag geese though there is some hope that the pinkfoots may eventually be found in increasing numbers. |
When we lived near Watten in Caithness, my attempts to do so became a standing joke in our family, particularly in connection with whooper swans and greylag geese. |
Islanders have been allowed to shoot greylag geese for the past three years after a booming flock laid waste to farmers' crops. |