Greylag Goose
Anser anser (Linnaeus, C 1758)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin | 2026-04-03 | beaver marsh behind Klingelbächel, near Thaining, Landsberg am Lech , Oberbayern, Bayern, Landsberg am Lech (Germany) (650 m) | alarm call, call, flight call - the two pairs that are breeding here are in a great state of excitement. They fly round and round, making a lot of noise, or perch, clucking, on small patches of earth at the base of dead birch trees
|
1093951 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser anser | Albert Noorlander | 2019-10-20 | Montfoort, Lopik, Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands) (0 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
561081 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Jack Berteau | 2022-02-25 | Arrondissement de Fontenay-le-Comte (near Lairoux), Vendée, Pays de la Loire, Vendée (France) (0 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - Birds on stopover in a flood-meadow. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
712347 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Esperanza Poveda | 2025-04-02 | Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Nyköping (Sweden) (20 m) | flight call - Viaje de grabación con José Carlos Sires y Gregorio Para. Gran lago con playitas y carrizales en las orillas y alrededores con bosque.
|
1025899 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Timo Roeke | 2026-03-06 | Haaksbergerveen (near Haaksbergen), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands (Netherlands) (40 m) | song - [sono] | 1085466 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Domagoj Tomičić | 2020-12-19 | Oprisavci, Općina Oprisavci, Brodsko-posavska županija, Croatia (Croatia) (80 m) | flight call - Three geese flying relatively low, my guess is Anser anser because of their size. Maybe the call could be more definitive? bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
609795 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser anser | Jarek Matusiak | 2021-01-24 | Gmina Somianka (near Somianka-Parcele), Powiat wyszkowski, Mazowieckie, Mazowieckie (Poland) (100 m) | adult, female, flight call, male - Flocks of some hundreds (~800) flying over
|
617128 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Bob Planque | 2012-05-20 | Kijfhoek, Meijendel, Zuid-Holland, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands) (0 m) | flight call (A) - two individuals flying over the dunes | 101480 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Paul Kelly | 2026-03-14 | Rosslare Harbour, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (20 m) | flight call - [sono] | 1088020 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | julien Rochefort | 2009-12-01 | Forêt de Fontainebleau (near Fontainebleau), Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (France) (150 m) | flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
596010 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Uku Paal | 2022-05-13 | Kassari, Hiiumaa vald, Hiiu maakond, Hiiu (Estonia) (0 m) | call - HPF bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
724654 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Timo S. | 2015-10-05 | Den Hoorn Texel, Texel, Noord-Holland, Texel (Netherlands) (0 m) | flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
297739 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin | 2026-04-03 | beaver marsh behind Klingelbächel, near Thaining, Landsberg am Lech , Oberbayern, Bayern, Landsberg am Lech (Germany) (650 m) | alarm call, call, flight call - the two pairs that are breeding here are in a great state of excitement. They fly round and round, making a lot of noise, or perch, clucking, on small patches of earth at the base of dead birch trees
|
1093943 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Uku Paal | 2025-04-30 | Männamaa, Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu maakond, Hiiu (Estonia) (20 m) | call - hpf
|
1001039 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser anser | Matthias Hemprich | 2018-05-01 | Hepacher Ried, Raderach FN, Bodenseekreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany) (440 m) | call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
417560 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin | 2026-04-03 | beaver marsh behind Klingelbächel, near Thaining, Landsberg am Lech , Oberbayern, Bayern, Landsberg am Lech (Germany) (650 m) | alarm call, call, flight call - the two pairs that are breeding here are in a great state of excitement. They fly round and round, making a lot of noise, or perch, clucking, on small patches of earth at the base of dead birch trees
|
1093942 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Vladimír Nemček | 2022-12-18 | Zohor, Malacky District, Bratislava Region, Malacky (Slovakia) (150 m) | call, flight call - a field next to the highway, thousands of gees (dominated by Anser answer and A. albifrons), joined two recordings (a few seconds between two files), high-passed (100 Hz)
|
769878 xeno-canto.org |
| Graylag Goose - Anser anser | Mark Plummer | 2024-08-04 | , Rutland (United Kingdom) | - | 622214529 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Grzegorz Lorek | 2021-08-10 | Gmina Krzywiń (near Jerka), Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Kościan (Poland) (70 m) | flight call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain - Flooded meadows in small river valley. Recorder Zoom H5+Sennheiser MKE600. No edit. The same birds as on XC672741. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
672743 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Karol Łanocha | 2025-11-02 | Gmina Oświęcim (near Grojec), Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Oświęcim (Poland) (240 m) | alarm call, flight call - [sono] | 1052008 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Irish Wildlife Sounds | 2021-10-16 | Tory Island, County Donegal, County Donegal, Donegal (Ireland) (10 m) | nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
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693168 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Teet Sirotkin | 2021-03-14 | Nyköping Municipality, Södermanlands län, Södermanland (Sweden) (10 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
628980 xeno-canto.org |
| Greylag Goose - Anser anser | Andrew Harrop | 2020-09-13 | Road End (near Virkie), Shetland Islands, Scotland, Shetland (United Kingdom) (30 m) | flight call - Calls from flock, possibly Icelandic, coming in to land in stubble. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
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588175 xeno-canto.org |
| Graylag Goose - Anser anser | Tom Bedford | 2026-01-01 | , Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) | - | 647960718 macaulaylibrary.org |
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/VKRSHPVZKO/ffts/XC1085466-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/WBZVBDKAUE/ffts/XC1088020-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OYKHJEFUBO/ffts/XC1052008-large.png){kind=link}
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