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Old 23-12-10, 02:30 PM
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2 Photos a friend took last week hed like to know what they are please and im not sure so said i would ask here thank you...Ray

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Hi.
Most of these birds are known as chinese geese they are the ones with the stripe up the back of the neck, the others are canada geese.
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Old 23-12-10, 10:00 PM
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Yes, apart from the Canada Goose they're all domestic geese. Domestic geese are descended from either Swan Goose, an Asian species, or Greylag Goose (or both). Those descended from Swan Goose are often referred to as Chinese Geese and, as Oxfordboy says, that's what most of them are. It looks like is at least one with Greylag Goose ancestry too, in the right hand photo (the one with an orange bill and a less distinct neck stripe).
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