10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Lars Svensson’s accompanying text explains “a rather puzzling fact is that, among wildfowl, hybrids appear to occur more commonly among geese and members of the ‘pochards’, genus Aythya , than among dabbling ducks. Many years ago a friend of mine kept a small but varied collection of ducks and geese. The reason for this is not clear.”
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Though these plovers are common on the North Norfolk coast, their nearest breeding grounds are far to the north. A few do breed in Europe, on the extreme north-east of European Russia. As the tide fell, it exposed sand banks that attracted small parties of garrulous Brent Geese. These were dark-bellied birds from Russia.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2024
A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage. All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2014
Next came a stop in Russia. You can take in views of waterfowl including Eurasian Wigeon , Barnacle Geese , Trumpeter Swan , and a plethora of ducks and gulls. Finland is a great place to see a variety of different species, many of which flock to the north to take advantage of the extended daylight during the breeding season.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2011
The highlight of the early winter period for many over here has been an unusually large influx of Greater White-fronted Geese along the full span of the East Coast before penetrating further west and inland over the past 2-3 weeks.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Common Pochard Aythya ferina.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Alaska Day commemorates Alaska’s formal transfer from Russia to the United States in 1867. Among these lands are some of the most productive avian breeding grounds in the United States. Yukon Flats NWR is one of the most productive waterfowl breeding areas in North America. October 18 is a legal holiday in the 49th state.
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