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Heavy crop of flock of at least 65 geese sp. heading SSE into strong sunlight. Im thinking they're barnacles, am i right and aren't they rare in these parts?

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Album name:George Rutter / Discussion Birds
Keywords:Geese
Photographer Name::George Rutter
Date and Lincs Location::8/12/2010 Sloothby
Camera Type and Info::panasonic lumix
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Date added:Dec 08, 2010
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Stephen Routledge   [Dec 09, 2010 at 03:20 PM]
Hi Gearge,i would say these are Barnacles,by the white face and black breast band.There seems to be a glut of records in Linc's at the moment and these may be wild birds,but as previously mentioned in the sightings section of the forum,they may have originated from a large feral population in the north of the county at Whitton Sand on the Humber.
George Rutter   [Dec 09, 2010 at 09:50 PM]
Thanks for that stephen, makes a change from the vast skeins of pinkfeet that have gone over this autumn.
Andrew Chick   [Dec 09, 2010 at 10:10 PM]
With all the Barnacles seen in Lincolnshire this month, some MUST be wild birds....
gpc   [Dec 10, 2010 at 07:42 PM]
There were 500 on Whitton Sand in November and none now so add up all the flocks and if they exceed 500 then those are the wild ones!

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