Brent Goose (?)

Brent Goose, Scolt Head, Norfolk, October 2022

A fallen goose (angel?) lying in awful symmetry on the sand of Scolt Head.  A victim of bird flu?  Perhaps, anyway a good reason for not examining it closely to identify the species with any certainty.  From size and colour (in the original) I think a brent goose.  The dark-bellied subspecies is one of the characteristic birds of Norfolk’s coastal saltmarshes in winter. Tens of thousands visit the county every year, fleeing the harsh winter in their arctic Russian breeding grounds.

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