While in Denmark I saw another species of goose I was unfamiliar with: the greylag or graylag (U.S. spelling).
It is the ancestor of domesticated geese in Europe and North America. It has a bulky body, thick and long neck, a large head and bill, pink legs and feet and an orange or pink bill.
It has grayish-brown feathers, darker on the head and paler on the belly, patterned with pale fringes of its feathers.
In 2012 we took a cruise up the Rhine and saw more greylag geese. Below are pictures of them in Kinderdijk, Netherlands and Rudesheim, Germany.
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| This large group of greylag geese was in Kinderdijk. |
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| On the Rhine in Rudesheim. |
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| A mother with some pretty big goslings. |
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| A gosling out of the water. |
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