Burscough Lancashire, UK . 31st Oct, 2019. UK Weather. An estimated 48,800 migrant geese take flight at dawn from the Martin Mere nature reserve. Pinkies or pink footed geese signal the arrival of winter on the Sefton coast as the huge flocks of migrant pink foot geese arrive from northern climes to overwinter in England. Thousands of “Pinkies” spend the winter months, grazing and foraging on the West Lancashire farmlands during the day and roosting on the Estuary grasslands. Credit: MediaWorldImages/Alamy Live News
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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