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Large flocks of pink-footed goose and greylag goose use the basin to roost in and feed in the surrounding farmland. As well as wintering eiders the basin supports a large breeding population. [2] In all 213 species of bird have been recorded on the basin, most being winter visitors or passage migrants and just over 50 species are thought to ...
The pink feet which give it its name. It is a medium-sized goose, 60–75 cm (24–30 in) long, the wingspan 135–170 cm (53–67 in), and weighing 1.8–3.4 kg (4.0–7.5 lb). It has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, similar in pattern to tundra bean goose but pink where that species is orange, and pink feet ...
In October and November there are 38,000 birds using the basin. [36] In winter, 20,000 pink-footed geese take up residence on the mudflats, feeding in the nearby fields by day, and returning to the safety of the Basin in the evening. The haunting fluting of their calls is beloved of local people, for whom the sound marks the turning of the seasons.
The purple finch is the state bird of New Hampshire. This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee (NHRBC) and New Hampshire Audubon (NHA). [1] As of February 2021, the list contained 425 species.
Greylag goose: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) 21 Swan goose: Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) 22 Taiga bean goose: Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) 23 Pink-footed goose: Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834: 24 Tundra bean goose: Anser serrirostris Gould, 1852: 25 Greater white-fronted goose: Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) 26 Lesser white-fronted goose
Tens of thousands of pink-footed geese use the Montrose Basin as a winter roost in October and November as they do Loch Strathbeg and various lochs and reservoirs in Tayside and the Lothians. [112] The amber-listed black and red-throated diver's freshwater breeding strongholds in the British Isles are in the north and west of Scotland. [113]
The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (R)
Articles relating to Geese, birds of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese, but are not considered "true geese" taxonomically.