Our smallest goose, around the same size as a mallard duck the brent goose spends the winter feeding on vegetation such as eelgrass in our estuaries and grazing in coastal fields. They arrive in the UK in large numbers in autumn and leave for the long journey back to Arctic Russia in early February. Numbers are over 100,000 birds. These birds were on the estuary of Hamble River.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
Very nice to see this smaller goose – as far as I know we do not get these in Americ. That is a huge amount of birds 100,000 +. Wow
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_(goose) some in US known as Brant
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Thanks for the link to wikipedia Andy. I see they are in Alaska. How interesting. Thanks. I read part of the information – am going back to finish the article.
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Beautiful captures of these lovely geese. They are new to me.
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