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Identification It has a large head and almost a triangular bill and those found in the UK the bill will be orange in colour. It has pink legs and makes a large cackling noise.
Distribution: Found throughout the Old World. They are migratory moving south or west in winter. It is one of the last to migrate. In the UK around 3,000 wild pairs, 31,000 feral adults with the addition of 92,000 during the winter months. Wild ones are found mostly north of the Solway Firth in such places as the RSPB reserves of Mereshead, Vane Farm, Loch of Strathbeg from September-April. You will also find them in smaller numbers in other places throughout the UK where there are lakes, reservoirs and large bodies of water as well as in some Wetland reserves where captive birds are held. Behaviour: Nothing specific identified Conservation Status: Globally of least concern. In the UK - Amber Status for an explanation of the RSPB Status - click here.
See Also Vane Farm, nr Kinross, Scotland
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