PBC Gallery Greenland White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons flavirostris, Prior's Fen, 5 January 2003 Pictures by Steve Dudley

Two adult and two juvenile birds present along with a single Pink-footed Goose. Orange bill, dark head, neck and back and narrow white border to the tail indicate these are the Greenland race (flavirostris). This will be the second record for Cambridgeshire if accepted.

Click here for a picture of a nominate european race (albifrons) bird recently elsewhere in Cambridgeshire courtesey of Dick Newell.

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