Category: General
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New National Park declared in Greenland
The Government of Greenland has just declared a new West Greenland National Park, which covers an area of 22,250 km² bordering the inland ice cap extending towards the coast. It extends from just north of Kangerlussuaq (67°04’N) all the way north to the southern part of Disko Bay (68°41’N) and will come into force from…
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Plight of the Caithness white-fronted goose
This document has been produced by the Caithness Bird Club to describe the plight of the Greenland White-fronted Goose in the face of the wind farm and other renewable energy developments in the county which have been occurring with the home ranges of both remaining Caithness Greenland White-fronted Goose flocks.
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About the Greenland White-fronted Goose
The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris Latest field trip: Greenland 2010 Latest update: Archive video of the first 1979 expedition added, Spring 2010 report, small sites report The Greenland White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons flavirostris, breeds in west Greenland, and migrates via Iceland to winter in Ireland and Britain. It is the most distinctive race…
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The Greenland White-fronted Goose Study census network
The first description of the numbers and distribution of wintering flocks of Greenland White-fronted Geese in Ireland and Britain was compiled by Major Robin Ruttledge and Malcolm Ogilvie and published in the 1979 volume of Irish Birds. For most Irish flocks, often wintering in remote bogland habitats, there were no regular counts to give a…
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Broubster Leans SSSI becomes RSPBs latest reserve acquisition
Broubster Leans SSSI has just become the lastet reserve to be acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, adding another layer of site sfaeguard to this important wetland and the most regularly used roost site for the Westfield flock of Caithness wintering Greenland White-fronted Geese. The press release reads:
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An Icelandic evening
High on a lonely hill in the late afternoon and deep calls drift from a distant flight of swans as they flap their way slowly across the vastness that is the mire at Ferjubakki. Thin grasses bend in the chill breeze that blows from the far-off snowy mountains. There’s little sign of man’s presence here…
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Background notes for press release
1. The Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris is the most distinct sub-species of the circumpolar White fronted Goose Anser albifrons. It breeds in west Greenland and migrates through Iceland to winter exclusively in Britain and Ireland, where it remains one of the rarest of wintering goose populations. 2. The population declined from 17,500-23,000 in…
