Greylag

Since the war, migrant greylags have virtually deserted the Duddon estuary, so it is a source of great satisfaction that the WAGBI greylags have taken to roosting on the sands in mid-winter, flighting to and from the reserve.

Greylags used to concentrate on British estuaries, eating roots of rushes and sedges, as they do in other parts of their range.

Earlier, 250 more had flown to Rattray beach, nearly all pinkfeet although I saw four greylags and heard others.