Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis). Juvenile, immature, first winter plumaged bird. Note white edged wing covert feathers.

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Red-breasted Geese (Branta ruficollis). Immature, first winter birds, showing pale and reduced area of chestnut red behind the eye, and three rows of tertiary wing feathers edged with white. (Adults have two). Note small bill of this rapid grazing goose species.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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