Todd's Canada Goose, Knott End-on-Sea

Todd's Canada goose 2 probable
Barnacle goose 6
Pink-footed goose 5000
Bewick's swan 1
Whooper swan 100
Twite 2
Black-tailed godwit 20

The Todd's Canada geese were in fields behind Knott End library with most of the Pink-feet and five barnacle geese. It was a large flock of geese, with 5000 an absolute minimum, and we were lucky that the Canada geese were in the right place for the sun, because large parts of the flock were straight into the sun making viewing very difficult. Todd's Canada goose Branta canadensis interior is currently considered a race of greater Canada goose. It's relatively smaller with shorter neck than the feral birds we see in our parks, and is browner overall, especially on its breast. It's of particular interest because it's a potential wild vagrant to Britain.

The Bewick's and whooper swans were a couple of miles outside Knott End, on the road to Pilling.

Todd's Canada geese.

Barnacle geese.

Dunlin.