Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
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Winter:
First Record:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Localised Non-breeding Population,
Important Non-breeding Population
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: AMBER (Rare or Localised)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WCA(I,II), WBD(II*,III*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
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Number of Nest Records:
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Female
Fledging:
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First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
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Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
448.1 ± 17.6
Range
420 - 477 mm, N =1203
Juvenile:
431.3 ± 15.1
407 - 455 mm, N =857
Male:
458.8 ± 13.7
436 - 481 mm, N =596
Female:
436.3 ± 13.4
415 - 460 mm, N =564
Weight
Adult:
3.34 ± 0.35
Range
2.80 - 3.90 kg , N =1149
Juvenile:
2.92 ± 0.34
2.40 - 3.46 kg , N =820
Male:
3.49 ± 0.31
3.00 - 4.00 kg , N =568
Female:
3.18 ± 0.31
2.70 - 3.80 kg , N =539
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Lorenz, K. 1979 The year of the greylag goose Eyre Methuen, London
[598.483 LOR]
Kempe-Persson, H. 2002 BWP Update 4:181-216
Lorenz, K. 1988 Here am I, where are you: the behavior of the greylag Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
[591.7 LOR]
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