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Pair of barnacle geese and their goslings. The female lays between 4 and 6 eggs once a year in a nest on a high cliff top, or rocky outcropping. The female incubates the eggs for 3 to 4 weeks, while the male collects food and protects the nest. A few hours after hatching the goslings are lead down from the precariously placed nests to feeding areas. Both parents, who mate for life, care for the young.
Barnacle Goose in the Park, photographed in Cologne, Germany. Picture made in 2009.
The barnacle goose is a common migratory bird in parts of Denmark and specially in this area outside Copenhagen. The picture is taken at Kalvebod Fælled - Kalvebod Commons, which is a nature area and public park close to the center of Copenhagen
Barnacle goose couple by the sea on a small cove
L 58-70cm, WS 120-142cm.Breeds colonially, mainly on arctic islands and coasts, preferring rocky coasts and steep slopes to flat tundra. Also, since mid 1970s, on low grassy islands and shores in the Baltic. Migratory, main movements in Oct-early Nov and Apr-May.In the Netherlands this beautiful small Goose is quite common in particularly grasslands in the IJsselmeerpolders and along our Coasts and Rivers. For some decades the Birds over summer in small numbers and is not always to be seen if they are wild Birds. This Picture is made in Polder Arkemheen (the Netherlands) in early Spring 2024.
Close-up of a bird perching at Lake
Flying flock of barnacle gooses (Branta leucopsis) against a forest.
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany - April 13, 2015: Goose is walking through the leissure area Röhrensee in Bayreuth. In the background are sitting three refugees on are bench and spending their time. For asylum seekers is employment in Germany forbiiden.
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) couple foraging in a dutch polder landscape
The Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis, found in Svalbard.
A barnacle goose is standing at the rocky seaside in sunny spring day.
Barnacle goose resting with other geese on frozen ice in the morning light.  Stunning black and white feather patterns distinguish it from the Canada geese.
Close-up of a barnacle goose Branta leucopsis walking and foraging in a meadow on a sunny day
Pair of barnacle geese and their goslings. The female lays between 4 and 6 eggs once a year in a nest on a high cliff top, or rocky outcropping. The female incubates the eggs for 3 to 4 weeks, while the male collects food and protects the nest. A few hours after hatching the goslings are lead down from the precariously placed nests to feeding areas. Both parents, who mate for life, care for the young.
Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) standing on a sand hill.
a close up of a young goose
A close up of a Barnacle Goose near the waters edge
A pair of Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) grazing in a wildflower meadow on a spring day in Sweden.
Ducks are walking by the lake.Malmo - Sweden.
Close-up of a barnacle goose Branta leucopsis walking and foraging in a meadow on a sunny day
Geese thrive on the arctic island of Spitzbergen, Svalbard
Barnacle geese in park in summer in Pori. Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is on green grass. There are many other geese in the background. Selective focus
Six flying barnacle gooses in front of the sky and a pasture.
Mother goose with her 'children'. The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage. Photo was taken at Jökulsárlón, the gletscher lake in the south of Iceland.
A tight portrait of a Barnacle Goose
Canada goose  (Branta canadensis) on the north German coast on a windy summer day
Barnacle geese
Close up of one Barnacle Goose.
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