I've been checking the Greylag flock at Youlgrave regularly since numbers started to increase there, a decade or more ago and have been rewarded with several Pink-footed Geese over the years but have always hoped for something a little rarer.
With records of Russian White-fronted Geese scattered across the country over the last few days I thought this would be a good time to check through the Youlgrave birds.
Fortunately they were quite well positioned to north of the fishing lake and I was very pleased to find first one, with a very white face, and soon after another, with much less white. Both were obviously smaller than the Greylags which numbered about 120.
A patch tick for me so a nice Christmas present!
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| Russian White-fronted Goose |
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