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Barnacle Geese from the new RSPB Gruinart hide, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese resting on wetlands, many more in the air behind themAn October 2013 view from the new birdwatching hide at RSPB Gruinart. The Barnacle Geese had only a arrived a week before and were almost all staying at Gruinart at the time. They were also quite jumpy, providing an amazing spectacle again and again when thousands of them lifted off at the same time.

 

Barnacle Geese on ground and in air at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a nature reserve with thousands of Barnacle Geese both sitting on the ground and flying in the airA view over the reserve from the viewing platform at RSPB Gruinart in October 2013. Barnacle Geese in the thousands both on the ground and in the air.

 

Geese arriving at Gruinart in the moonlight, Isle of Islay

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Picture of Barnacle Geese arriving at their roost under a full MoonVery last daylight with the Moon taking over providing some light at Gruinart. Some Barnacle Geese are arriving for the roost overnight.