Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wood Bay, Blagdon Lake © Nigel Milbourne 2015

Rare, passage migrant & winter visitor. October to March.

  1. Thirty-two, not aged, 26th Jan. 1985 (A.H. Davis).
  2. One, not aged, 13th Dec. 1987.
  3. Four, not aged, 10th Dec. 1992.
  4. One, not aged, 12th Feb. 1993.
  5. One, adult, 2nd Jan. to 8th Feb. 1997.
  6. Four, not aged, 24th Dec. 2000 (N.R. Milbourne).
  7. One, adult, 16th Nov. 2002 (N.R. Milbourne et al.).
  8. One, adult, 26th Jan.-10th Feb. 2007 (N.R. Milbourne).
  9. One, adult, 14th Oct. 2012 (N.R. Milbourne).
  10. One, adult, 3rd-4th March 2015 (N.R. Milbourne).
  11. Three, adults, 28th Oct. 2015 (P. Williams, S. Hale, N.R. Milbourne et al.).
  12. One, adult, 19th March 2022 (M. Hynam, N.R. Milbourne)

All records of Brent Goose at the lake have involved the Dark-bellied sub-species.

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Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1992. Avon Ornithological Group.
  2. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1993. Avon Ornithological Group.
  3. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1997. Avon Ornithological Group.
  4. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2000. Avon Ornithological Group.
  5. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2002. Avon Ornithological Group.
  6. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2007. Avon Ornithological Group.
  7. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2012. Avon Ornithological Group.
  8. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2015. Avon Ornithological Group.
  9. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1985. Avon Ornithological Group.
  10. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1987. Avon Ornithological Group.

Last update: 2nd December 2024