Barnacle Goose ...

This bird is small and unmistakable, drawn deep black and gray and white. A number of released birds have been breeding in the Netherlands in recent years.

The population of Nova Zembla migrates across the Baltic Sea and along the North Sea coast to the Netherlands. The population of Spitsbergen follows the Norwegian coast and hibernates in Scotland and England. Greenland birds migrate across Iceland to Ireland and West Scotland.

The birds that visit the Netherlands are here from the end of September to the end of April. You can see most birds grazing in the meadows in December to February.

(Freely translated to: Complete gids Vogels van Nederland door Lars Jonsson, 4e druk (Complete guide Birds of the Netherlands by Lars Jonsson, 4th edition))