Flock of feral Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca), 2019-08-11

But the species is native to the Danube River Valley! The EU still requires eradication there?

@birdsandbats I don't know about that, I would have to look into it. A few source I quickly checked only cite Egyptian geese as being native to Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile Valley.

At this point in most European countries - and certainly in the low countries - there are now already so many Egyptian geese eradicating them is pretty much impossible in terms of cost and effort, although populations will still need to be controlled through shooting, capturing of birds in cages followed by euthanasia and pricking or shaking of eggs in nests.

@KevinB They are native to parts of the Danube River Valley but were extirpated in medieval times.