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Brent Geese return to Mayo

Brent Geese (light-bellied) at Trá Fheorainn Uí Eo, An Mullach Rua, near Eachléim on the Mullet on Thursday, October 18th, 2018. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Brent Geese (light-bellied) at Trá Fheorainn Uí Eo, An Mullach Rua, near Eachléim on the Mullet on Thursday, October 18th, 2018. Photo: Anthony Hickey

It’s mid-October and the Brent Geese (light-bellied) have returned to Mayo for the winter from their summer breeding grounds, over 7,000km away in Arctic Canada.

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The Brent Geese of Mayo

A ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose on seashore at Pier Road, Enniscrone, on January 19th, 2019. Photo: Anthony Hickey
A ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose on seashore at Pier Road, Enniscrone, on January 19th, 2019. Photo: Anthony Hickey

January 2019 In mid-January 2019, I spotted a ringed Light-bellied Brent Goose in a flock of about 20 foraging for food on the rocky seashore in front of Kilcullen’s Seaweed Baths on Pier Road in Enniscrone. I emailed the photograph to the Irish Brent Goose Research Group in Downpatrick, Co Down, for identification and Graham […]