As the tide falls: an hour at Brancaster Staithe
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
A few do breed in Europe, on the extreme north-east of European Russia. These were dark-bellied birds from Russia. Both species of geese have increased hugely in recent years. Today many thousands spend much of their year there, arriving in September and not departing for their breeding grounds in arctic Russia until late May.
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