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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

Some years ago I was surprised to see one while birding in Matsalu National Park in Estonia. It must have been one of the first to reach Estonia, but I gather that they are now well established there. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold.

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The World’s Most Beautiful Goose?

10,000 Birds

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. In recent years the majority of the Red-breasted Geese have stayed in Romania, with much smaller numbers in Bulgaria.

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