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Birds seen in salt-marshes & estuaries in the UK: Barnacle Goose |
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BTO - Barnacle Goose, Branta
leucopsis http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob1670.htm Inquire into the health of the barnacle goose population in Britain with this fact file from the British Trust for Ornithology. |
| Joint Nature Conservation
Committee - Svalbar Barnacle Goose http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/UKSPA/UKSPA-A6-23.pdf This UK government agency provides case study on biological, legal, and conservation status of barnacle geese in Britain. Reveals actual numbers in GB and Ireland. |
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Paignton Zoo - Goose, Barnacle http://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/animals/detail.asp?id=265/ Find fact file on the barnacle goose compiled by zoo on southern English coast. Read about behaviour, breeding, habitat, and strange medieval belief. |
| Peterborough Bird Club -
Barnacle Goose
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/goose_barnacle.html Digest report from UK bird club that tells of very poor numbers of barnacle geese sighted. Covers years 1998-2003 and offers dates, actual numbers, and location. |
| Royal Society for Protection
of Birds - Barnacle Goose http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/b/barnaclegoose/ Identifies location in Scotland where the largest flocks of barnacle geese can be seen. Suggests when to sight, what they eat, and what it sounds like. |
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RSPB - Long and Short-term Trends
in Wintering Goose Populations http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/sotukb/goose.asp Royal Society for the Protection of Birds provides figures for range of geese wintering in UK including the barnacle goose. Also view colour picture of pair. |
| Sue’s Bird Photos - Barnacle
Goose, Branta leucopsis http://www.suesbirdphotos.co.uk/BARNACLEGOOSE.htm Make field identification easy by studying this set of four sharp-focus colour photographs illustrating colour and very bold patterns to plumage of brent geese. |
| Tiscali Reference - Barnacle
Goose, Branta leucopsis http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_barnacle_goose.html Study short descriptive essay that includes appearance, social habits, diet, and habitat. Includes colour photograph of species on water |
| United Nations Environment
Programme - Barnacle Goose http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/animals/birds/maps/braleu.htm World Conservation Monitoring Centre publishes map of Greenland, candinavia, and northwest Russia indicating distribution of barnacle geese. |
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Programme - Branta leucopsis http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/animals/birds/ssi/braleu.htm Divulges details of census conducted 1997/9 for barnacle geese from Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia. Also provides colour photo of species on rocks. |
| Wildlife Trusts, The - Branta
leucopsis, Barnacle Goose http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/scottish/www/d&g/so4barny.htm Appreciate this fascinating story about how the barnacle goose got its name. Plots migration from the remote Norwegian Svalbard archipelago to Scotland. |
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Birds on salt-marshes & estuaries in UK
