Belongs to: geese

White-fronted goose Anser albifrons

Medium "grey goose" with distinctive white forehead and black bars on the belly

Habitat: freshwater, marshes and grassland

Annual winter visitor to Britain

Medium sized grey/brown goose with white forehead; bold black bars on underparts and orange legs

Swims, grazes on grass fields, flies in large flocks

Pink bill = Russian race; orange bill = Greenland race

Nest is a lined scrape beside high altitude swamp; breeds in Arctic Scandinavia and N. Siberia

1 brood June – July; 4-5 off-white eggs

Feeds on grass, cereals and potatoes