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grassroot1 · 2014-08-03 21:52:32

Can anyone tell me if it is legal to release greylag geese?

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Releasing greylag

03-08-2014 9:52pm

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Can anyone tell me if it is legal to release greylag geese?

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#2 03-08-2014 10:30pm

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Released birds might be damaging to true wild bird?
Here's "my" Icelandic greylags from the winter:

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#3 05-08-2014 9:35pm

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Do we have resident greylags here in this country and whats their season and breeding etc?

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#4 05-08-2014 11:15pm

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ace86 wrote: »

Do we have resident greylags here in this country and whats their season and breeding etc?

A few hundred pure bred wild ones winter around the country - mainly from Iceland. Loads of feral flocks breeding on the Shannon and most larger lakes now. Season start of September to middle of October.

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