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The World’s Most Beautiful Goose?

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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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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. A Red Fox in Georgia, not looking very red I’ve never been to Svalbard, so I haven’t ticked off polar bear, but I have seen brown bears on a number of occasions in both Romania and Bulgaria.

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Where to See Kiwi (and other birds) During the Rugby World Cup

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Invercargill The bottom of New Zealand and you’d be forgiven for thinking the end of the world is where you’ll be heading if you’re following Argentina, Scotland, Romania or Georgia. In actuality, you’ve lucked out, you’re near The Catlins , a dramatic area of well preserved temperate rainforest.