Peterborough Bird Club annual report Bean Goose Anser fabalis | A* | Rare 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
2003	No records.
2002	No records.
2001	No records.
2000	Vagrant. Two to three at the Nene Washes with Bewick's Swans 1-4 Jan showed characteristics of the rossicus ('tundra') race (JO, CK et al).
1999	Vagrant. A flock of five on the Nene Washes 10 Jan and 19 Jan, of which at least four showed characteristics of the 'tundra' race, A.f. rossicus (GRH). Small numbers of the species are now fairly regular on the Ouse Washes.
1998	Rare winter visitor. Two were at Dogsthorpe Star Pit NR on 16 Jan (ARF), loosely associated with Greylag Geese. Two rossicus ('tundra') birds were at Deeping High Bank, 27-29 Mar (AFB). Nene Washes: A family party of up to six remained on a field of beet-tops on the north side of the reserve, roosting on the reserve floods (12-29 Jan).
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