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bird id

kildare lad · 2018-01-02 16:05:11

I was fishing on the canal the other day and seen 3 birds in the water. they were white and maybe half to 3/4 size of a swan. They had red bills with a bit of black at the top of the bill. They looked a bit like geese. Ive never seen them before on the canals and i fish a good bit. Phone died so i couldnt take a picture.

02-01-2018 4:05pm

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I was fishing on the canal the other day and seen 3 birds in the water. they were white and maybe half to 3/4 size of a swan. They had red bills with a bit of black at the top of the bill. They looked a bit like geese. Ive never seen them before on the canals and i fish a good bit. Phone died so i couldnt take a picture.

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#2 02-01-2018 4:44pm

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I was going towards Berwick Swan until the 'red bills'. Could they have been domestic geese?

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#3 02-01-2018 4:57pm

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No expert here, but domestic geese sounds about right. Can’t think of any other bird that would fit the bill (badoom tish).

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#4 03-01-2018 11:47am

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I have noticed some Frankenducks along the canal section of the Barrow at Monasterevein, smilar to these:

maybe there is some other hybridisation going on?

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#5 03-01-2018 7:36pm

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Muscovy duck?

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#6 04-01-2018 1:04am

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thanks for the replies... i googled muscovy duck and im nearly sure thats them...

Apparently Muscovy ducks escaped into the wild many years ago and are found on waterways in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare.

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