Some of Islay’s winter visitors at Gruinart, Barnacle Geese in the front and Greenland White-Fronted Geese behind them.
Barnacle and White-Fronted Geese at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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Barnacle Geese in front of the old Machrie Hotel, Isle of Islay
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This view looks rather different now (the picture is from April 2016), as the Machrie Hotel has been completely remodelled over the last few years. The Barnacle Geese are possibly still coming to the same field (if I remember correctly they often return to the same field for many years or even their whole life).
This picture is a different take on a cropped picture I posted a while ago: Barnacle Geese and the Machrie Hotel, Isle of Islay. Which version do you prefer, the cropped view or the wider view with more sky and field?
Lots of Barnacle Geese over fields at Gruinart, Isle of Islay
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While there are a good number of birds in this picture they still only represent a tiny fraction of the winter visitors to Islay. Barnacle Geese taking off at Gruinart after being spooked by something.