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Red-breasted geese, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk

The Red-breasted Goose breeds in Arctic Europe, often close to nests of large birds of prey, such as Peregrine Falcons. This helps to protect this small goose from predators such as the Arctic Fox. It winters in south eastern Europe. It is a rare vagrant to Great Britain and other western European areas, where it is sometimes found with Brent flocks.

 

 

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Uploaded on December 22, 2010
Taken on October 29, 2010