This is the tallest goose with a bulky and long body, long swanlike neck. The colour of the adult plumage is completely white with a bright orange bill, flesh coloured legs and clear blue eyes. They normally reach over a metre in height.

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Ponds, rivers and lakes, nearly always as an escape from domestic stock which has gone feral.

All year round.

Just a few widespread records of this species in the wild in Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.