Brent Goose
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal mudflats, saltmarsh.
Diet: Eelgrass, algae.
Best time to spot: Small dark goose; coast-bound.
When to look
A winter visitor, typically in the UK from October through to March. Numbers peak in January. See the January birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in UK winter wildfowl.
How rare is it?
The Brent 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
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Similar birds
- Barnacle GooseUncommon · Coastal grassland (winter)
- Light-bellied Brent GooseUncommon · Mudflats (winter)
- Black BrantRare · Mudflats (rare race)
- Cackling GooseEpic · Wet grassland (vagrant)
- Canada GooseCommon · Lakes
- Red-breasted GooseEpic · Wet grassland (rare visitor)
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