Black Brant
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Mudflats (rare race).
Diet: Eelgrass.
Best time to spot: Bold white neck-collar.
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
- Light-bellied Brent Goose · Mudflats (winter)
- Red-breasted Goose · Wet grassland (rare visitor)
- Brent GooseUncommon · Coastal mudflats
- Cackling Goose · Wet grassland (vagrant)
- Barnacle GooseUncommon · Coastal grassland (winter)
- Canada GooseCommon · Lakes
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