Pink-footed Goose

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Habitat and behaviour

Habitat: Stubble, mudflats (winter).
Diet: Grain, grass, root crops.
Best time to spot: Skein "wink-wink" call; from Iceland.

When to look

A winter visitor, typically in the UK from September through to April. Numbers peak in January. See the January birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.

Taller bars mean more birds about. Grey means it is usually absent.

How rare is it?

The Pink-footed Goose sits in our Uncommon tier for the UK: regular, but you usually need the right place or the right season. It is Amber-listed in Birds of Conservation Concern 5, the middle level of concern in the UK.

Recent UK sightings

Similar birds

• White-fronted GooseUncommon · Wet meadows (winter)
• Taiga Bean GooseRare · Damp fields (winter)
• Tundra Bean GooseRare · Damp fields (winter)
• Greater Snow GooseEpic · Wet grassland (very rare)
• Greylag GooseCommon · Lakes
• Lesser White-fronted GooseEpic · Wet meadows (very rare)

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