David Element
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________Birds 265 – Brent or Brant Geese
BRENT OR BRANT GEESE Branta bernicla
BRENT OR BRANT GEESE Branta bernicla
BRENT OR BRANT GEESE Branta bernicla
BRENT OR BRANT GEESE Branta bernicla
BRENT OR BRANT GEESE Branta
bernicla
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The photographs above illustrate ‘Dark-bellied’ Brent
Geese Branta bernicla race bernicla
(confusingly alluding to barnacles for reasons associated with folk lore as
there is a separate species with this vernacular name) overwintering on the
Norfolk coast, although the photographs were taken in April, so they wouldn’t
have been present for much longer before returning to their Arctic breeding
grounds. There are three principal races including bernicla,
the others being ‘Pale-bellied’ race hrota, breeding in the Canadian
Arctic, and the race overwintering in Ireland, arriving there from the
northwest as opposed to the northeast, and Black Brant, a rare American vagrant belonging
to the race nigricans. Coastal estuaries and marshes
and nearby arable farmland regions are the places to look for these small, dark
geese with contrasting white rumps. Hybrids and intermediate colour forms may
occur, but technically all belong to a single species.
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