Lesser White-fronted Goose
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Wet meadows (very rare).
Diet: Grass.
Best time to spot: Yellow eye-ring; sometimes mixed in.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Greater Snow Goose · Wet grassland (very rare)
- Snow Goose · Wet grassland (rare visitor)
- White-fronted GooseUncommon · Wet meadows (winter)
- Taiga Bean Goose · Damp fields (winter)
- Tundra Bean Goose · Damp fields (winter)
- Bean GooseRare · Damp fields (winter)
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