A view from near Coull Farm, looking towards the Paps of Jura. The geese are a mixture, mainly Barnacle Geese, but also a few White-fronted Geese. Taken in October 2013.
Geese on Islay and the Paps of Jura
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Leucistic Barnacle Goose in flight at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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May be not the best picture, but then again I was quite happy to spot it in the first place among the over 30,000 Barnacle Geese at Gruinart that day. If you look closely at the goose in the middle of the small group of three you’ll notice it is almost white, only the neck is grey. The experts tell me it is a leucistic Barnacle Goose, leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals caused by a recessive allele.
Barnacle Geese lifting off at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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Having been spooked a massive number of Barnacle Geese is lifting off at Gruinart, a tremendous sight and sound.