Tarleton, Lancashire. Uk Weather 08/10/2018. Up to 12,000 pink-footed migratory geese newly arrived from Iceland have taken up residence in the wetlands of Lancashire. The geese, which will eventually number near the 100,000 mark, arrive as food becomes scare in Iceland and they can fatten up on the farmland potato crops of West Lancashire before travelling further south in about a month’s time. Credit; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews.
The pink-footed goose is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot".
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Location: Tarleton, Burscough UK
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