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TBOSG Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhyncus
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Pink-footed Goose breeds in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It winters in northwest Europe, especially Great Britain. Here large flocks graze on farmland, particularly in Norfolk, The Fens, Aberdeenshire and Lancashire. The word 'anser' comes from Latin meaning goose and 'brachyrhynchus' is a reference to the shortness of the bill. |
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Earliest: November 29th 1988 at Littleton Warth. Latest: February 26th 1996 at Aust/ Northwick Warth. Highest Count: Seven on February 1st 1940 at Severn Beach. |
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There have been nine Pink-footed Geese reported from S. Gloucestershire, they are; |
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1996: (1) |
On February 26th at Aust Warth/ Northwick Warth a 1st winter was located and remained in the area until March 10th. |
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1988: (1) |
On November 29th at Littleton Warth a sick or injured juvenile that was caught by a wildfowlers dog and died shortly afterwards. |
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1940: (7) |
On February 1st at Severn Beach six or seven were identified in company with White-fronted Geese along the river bank between Avonmouth and Severn Beach and were still present on February 2nd. Although the Pink-footed Goose is a regular visitor to the grounds above Berkeley in winter, it becomes scarce or entirely absent, at other times in the Severn Beach area. ...'These occurrences are therefore of special interest and can only be attributed to the intensely cold weather'... (Howard H. Davis) |