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Brent Geese
Chris Packham presents the brent goose.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Chris Packham presents the brent goose. Brent Geese are our smallest wild geese and are unmistakable with their rather funereal colours, blackish heads and grey backs with a wisp of white on the neck. Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland is a very important wintering site for Brent Geese.
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BBC Radio 4
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Webpage image courtesy of RSPB (repb-images.com)
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- Fri 13 Dec 201305:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 22 Sep 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 6 Nov 202005:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 29 Dec 202305:58BBC Radio 4
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