Less well known than the Barnacle Geese, but also a significant number of winter visitors to Islay, the Greenland White-Fronted Geese, seen here in a field near Saligo.
White-Fronted Geese near Saligo, Isle of Islay
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4 Barnacle Geese arriving at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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Taken on an October evening on Islay with some beautiful mild sunlight, four Barnacle Geese arriving and landing at the RSPB reserve at Gruinart. Loch Gruinart and the dunes at Killinallan just visible in the distance.
Barnacle and White-Fronted Geese at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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Some of Islay’s winter visitors at Gruinart, Barnacle Geese in the front and Greenland White-Fronted Geese behind them.