Tag Archives: Barnacle Geese

Barnacle Geese walking on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay

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Picture of some Barnacle Geese walking on the sand of sea loch at low tide, trees in autumn colours in the background
Barnacle Geese walking on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay

At the top of Loch Indaal at low tide, a few of the Barnacle Geese visiting Islay over the winter on a walk on the sand. Bridgend Woods in autumn colours in the background.

Barnacle Geese below Aoradh Farm, Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese in a field below a farm
Barnacle Geese below Aoradh Farm, Gruinart, Isle of Islay

An October view at Gruinart, some of the many thousand of Barnacle Geese wintering on Islay below Aoradh Farm, also the home of RSPB Loch Gruinart.

Geese and Gulls at the top of Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a sea loch at low tide, a large number of Barnacle Geese in flight with some Gulls sitting on the sand in the foreground
Geese and Gulls at the top of Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay

Some of Islay’s winter visitors (the Barnacle Geese) having been spooked by something flying up over the top of Loch Indaal. In the foreground some of the year round resident gulls.