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Birds in salt-marshes & estuaries in the UK: White-fronted Goose

BTO - White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob1590.htm
Access fact file on white-fronted goose presented by British Trust for Ornithology. Offers conservation status, world distribution, population in UK, and breeding.
Ducks Unlimited - White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons http://www.ducks.org/waterfowling/gallery/index.asp?duck=9/
Hear audio clip of geese that flock by their hundreds on UK lakes. Read about visual looks, feeding habits in US, breeding, and migration.
International Hunter Education Association - White-Fronted Goose http://www.homestudy.ihea.com/wildlifeID/086whitefrontedgoose.htm
Offers superb colour image of the goose taking off from water. Find distribution map of North America and notes on habitat.
Isle of Man Birding - White-fronted Goose
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/pages/white_fronted_goose.htm
Tells of location on small UK island where white-fronted geese were sighted. States months when the species can be seen and provides colour image.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee - White-fronted Goose http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/UKSPA/UKSPA-A6-20.pdf
Find out about biological, legal, and conservation status of goose that winters in Britain prepared by government agency. Results of survey including numbers.
Oriental Bird Images - Greater White-fronted Goose http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/photographers.php?p=10&action=
birderimages&Bird_Image_ID=1443&Birder_ID=62/
Download remarkable colour photograph of the species in flight shot in Hohwacht, Northern Germany. Also photographer’s name, date shot, and alternative names.
Percevia - Greater White-fronted Goose
http://www.percevia.com/explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/292/target.aspx
Inquire into large goose that travels south in the winter. See colour picture of species and distribution map of north America.
Peterborough Bird Club: Annual Report - White-fronted Goose
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/goose_whitefronted.html
Publishes details of rare sightings of the white-fronted goose near UK town. Find field study notes by year, plus colour images.
Royal Society for Protection of Birds - White-fronted Goose http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/w/whitefrontedgoose/
Help recognition of the white-fronted goose with this colour illustration of group of three. Read description, breeding, wintering, and passage in UK.
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre - White-fronted Goose
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i1710id.html
Fact sheet reveals details that includes range maps and a photo of this bird. Covers its taxonomy and diet.

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