Bird Sighting
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus · Anatidae (Ducks, Swans and Geese)
02/01/2022 · Maw Green Tip, South area
- Date
- 02/01/2022
- Location
- Maw Green Tip
- Recording area
- South area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7175 5764
- Observer
- admin
Grid reference: SJ 7175 5764 53.11523, -2.42344 Open in OpenStreetMap
Pink-footed Goose in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 01/01/2021
- Last recorded
- 01/01/2026
- Places
- Elton Hall Flash, Maw Green Tip
Other recent records
About the Pink-footed Goose
The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot" (plural "pinkfeet"). Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus, meaning "short", and rhunchos, meaning "bill".
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 152 cm
- Weight
- 120–2,880 g
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