Branta leucopsis
Barnacle Goose / Vitkindad gås / Bramgås Play/record song
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Barnacle Geese in the Wadden Sea area are out of a North Russian population and on these early April pictures, Wednesday April 4 2001, on their way north with expected arrival on the Novaya Zemlya and Vajgac islands late May. Nearly 1600 miles, for Your information, or twice the distance to Cairo, Egypt. |
There are 3 arctic populations of Barnacle Geese in the Western Palearctic area.. A Greenland population that winters in Scotland and Ireland. A Spitsbergen population that winters Scotland England and this third one, the North Russian Population, that spends wintertime in Netherlands and North Germany |
