Above and below: Pale-bellied Brent Geese, Seahouses, Nothumberland,
December 2011
Pictures taken with a DLSR and a 400mm telephoto lens
During
periods of cold weather this species often turns up away from their
usual habitat to feed on more open shores where they eat various types
of seaweed.
Pale-bellied
Brents in flight, Stag
Rocks,
Northumberland, January 2011
Digiscoped
Dark-bellied
Brent Goose, Breivik, Øygarden,
16 October 2006
Digiscoped
Pale-bellied
Brents together with Eurasian Wigeon, Elswick, Northumberland,
09 October 2006
Brent
Geese are a numerous migrant in Øygarden, however, they tend
to pass during a short space of time, especially during the
spring. They pass during late May - early June and again during
September. Dark-bellied birds as depicted in the top picture above are
something of a rarity.
A small part of a flock of Pale-bellied Brent Geese en route
to Svalbard,
Øygarden, May 2011
Picture taken with DSLR and 400mm lens (hand held)
Brent Geese migrating past Skogsøy, May 2020
Migrating Brent Geese, Nabben, Falsterbo,
Sweden, September 2015
This picture was taken in the half light at dawn with ridiculous ISO
values - but gives a real feeling of the atmosphere.
Brent Geese resting near Borganes, Iceland, May 2022
