Pink Footed Goose
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 14th August 2024 using Nikon Coolpix P950
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Taken at James Hamilton Heritage Park on 21st March 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 18th March 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Strathclyde Park on 5th October 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Pink Footed Goose

Taken at Barns Ness on 15th September 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Pink Footed Goose.
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Local Names:		 Anser brachyrhynchus.
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
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On cliffs close to glaciers to provide protection from
mammalian predators
Entirely vegetarian. In summer, they feed on a wide range
of tundra plants, both on land and in water. In winter,
they graze primarily on oilseed rape, sugar beet, potato,
and various grasses.
It has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip,
and pink feet. The body is mid grey-brown, the head
and neck a richer, darker brown, the rump and vent white,
and the tail grey with a broad white tip. The upper
wing-coverts are bluish-grey and the flight feathers blackish-grey.
Early to mid May in Iceland, late May in Svalbard.
60–75 cm.
135–170 cm.
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