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  1. Stephen Dawson

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    I've just seen two swan like birds in the river Calder at Wakefield. However they had dark heads and the plummage of ducks. What were they?
     
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    Canada geese?
     
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    Theres some gorgeous fluffy cygnets at Rabbit ings. Not at all the "ugly ducklings" of the fairy tale.
     
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    f7becc340738e1d422b1eff64bec6f7a.jpg This?
     
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    That's em. Just googled that. Cheers mate :)
     
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    Greylag mate haha
     
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    There's tonnes of them around, lots of them at Cawthorne :)
     
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    Weird how I'd never seen one before. I was just on bus to Pontefract this morning and looked out of window as I was crossing bridge and thought wtf are those? :)
     
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    Yes, they dump like a Doberman too... so mind your step!
     
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    For years I was convinced this was a barnacle goose - there is a year-round resident on the local lake. Second year on the trot it has bred with a canada goose too.
     
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    They have a penchant for chasing kids too, or maybe that was just my experience! Haha
     
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    Yes, noticed that & corrected :rolleyes:
     
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    Canada goose - 'one of the most Inedible of birds!
     
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