{"id":356,"date":"2012-02-26T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=356"},"modified":"2020-04-04T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T09:35:37","slug":"snow-geese-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Snow Geese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1461px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"630\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">We decided to head up north to Leighton Moss not really expecting to see a great deal. Being an optimist I\u2019d hoped we might be able to get a decent view and possibly a photo of the Marsh Tits. However trying to get a photo of them at one of the RSPB\u2019s most popular reserves is far from easy.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting to come across a small group of Snow Geese. In this country the Snow Goose is a rare vagrant arriving in the Autumn with Pink Footed and Barnacle Geese. However to further complicate things in addition to the arrivals from the Canadian Tundra there\u2019s also a small feral population normally living in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Snowgeese at Leighton Moss\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_9672_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Snowgeese at Leighton Moss\" width=\"598\" height=\"397\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nOriginally 4 Snow Geese turned up close to Leighton Moss in October 2010. In March they disappeared. In October 2011 3 of them returned. The fact that they\u2019re following a migratory pattern and lack any rings suggests they are wild birds however nobody seems to know for sure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Snowgeese \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_9693_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Snowgeese \" width=\"598\" height=\"397\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nWhatever their origin they\u2019re certainly attractive birds and as of mid February 2012 they were still at Leighton Moss.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Snowgeese at Leighton Moss\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_9676_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Snowgeese at Leighton Moss \" width=\"598\" height=\"398\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSafety in numbers. Snowgeese with the resident Greylags at Leighton Moss February 2012.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We decided to head up north to Leighton Moss not really expecting to see a great deal. Being an optimist I\u2019d hoped we might be able to get a decent view and possibly a photo of the Marsh Tits. 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