Egyptian Goose: Egyptian goose were introduced to England nearly 3 hundred years ago and became a favourite waterfowl during the Victorian times when full-winged freely breeding colonies were established on the lakes of such estates as Blickling, Gunton, Holkham and Kimberley.
They have over many years dispersed over comparatively large areas it is not only confined to Norfolk feral populations and can now be found across the south of England. So when a pair turn up on a local waterbody it's always a highlight to see.
Two birds have made Pennington Flash their temporary home, enjoying the spoils that the car park area has to offer, with dozens of families coming down to feed the ducks and geese.
Both were very tame to a point where you could almost pick them up and both looked at home next to the local Canada geese and mallards.
Egyptian geese are doing really well across England, in fact the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust reports that the county holds over 90 per cent of the national population of some 900 birds.
Attractively marked, particularly in flight when distinctive white wing-coverts are revealed, Egyptian geese draw attention to themselves in the coming months with noisy displays and fierce territorial fighting both afloat and ashore.
