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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 ...
Snettisham pits were dug out during World War II in order to provide shingle that was used to build concrete runways as the American Bombers were too heavy to land on grass. The pits stretch for over 2.5 km and are split equally between the RSPB reserve and privately owned beach properties, including the Snettisham Beach Sailing Club.
Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) The bean goose is a species complex of goose that breeds in northern Europe and Eurosiberia . It has at least two distinct varieties, one inhabiting taiga habitats and one inhabiting tundra .
Snow goose (Anser caerulescens) A & C – some wild vagrants, also a very small feral introduced population Greylag goose (Anser anser) A & C – resident wild and feral populations, winter visitor Taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis) A – winter visitor Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) A – winter visitor Tundra bean goose (Anser ...
Besides Bewick's swan and flocks of white-fronted geese, large waterfowl regularly present in the reserve in winter include the brent goose, pink-footed goose, barnacle goose and taiga bean goose. The swans tend to fly off in the day and return to feed in the late afternoon, and another spectacular sight at the end of winter afternoons is the ...
[2] [3] The area is protected in order to safeguard an important wetland area with natural flora and fauna, especially for its function as a nationally significant area used by the pink-footed goose during migration. It offers the geese a much-needed gathering and resting point during their strenuous spring migration. [1]
The RSPB reserve has two bird hides, the northernmost - named "Sandgrousers' Hide" - serving as a visitor centre. [4] There are also three viewing screens. [4] The reserve is used by large numbers of overwintering pink footed geese, from Iceland, and wigeon, from Siberia. [5] [6] In summer, species such as avocets [7] and lapwing breed there.
As many as 50,000 pink-footed geese, 13,000 Eurasian wigeon and 7,000 Brent geese winter at Holkham, making it of international importance for these species. [5] Up to 400 white-fronted geese and a few tundra bean geese may join the wildfowl flocks, and the odd peregrine falcon , short-eared owl , merlin , marsh harrier or hen harrier may hunt ...