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The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot" (plural "pinkfeet").
The area managed by the RSPB extends to 550 hectares (1,400 acres) of improved wet grassland and in winter the total numbers of wildfowl and waders can reach 85,000. Species the reserve is important for include pink-footed goose, Eurasian wigeon and black-tailed godwit.
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 .
Read's Island is an RSPB reserve due to its importance for birdlife. Species that migrate or live year-round on the island include ground-nesting avocets (10% of the entire UK population), [17] [18] greylag goose, pink-footed goose, [19] marsh harrier, lapwing, wigeon, curlew, golden plover [6] and fallow deer. [20]
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 ...
Snettisham RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, ... spotted redshank, pink-footed geese and peregrine falcon
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 ...
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.