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Birding Finland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

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. Old Town Tallinn, Estonia. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. First was an awesome stay in Iceland.

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The World’s Most Beautiful Goose?

10,000 Birds

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.

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