Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

 

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The Pink-footed Goose, also called just Pinkfoot, breeds in Arctic Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard and spends winter in UK and northern continental Europe.

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Pinkfeet, with brown heads rather than grey, are similar to Bean Geese but the latter doesn't generally visit the UK and has orange on the bill and legs/feet instead of pink.

Neither has the thin pink/red eye-ring of the larger, grey-headed, pink-footed, Greylag.

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