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	Brent Goose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) is a goose of the genus Branta, known in North America as Brant.
		The spelling "Brant" is the original one, with "Brent" being a later folk-etymological idea that it was derived from a classical Greek waterbird name brenthos.
		The Brent Goose is a small goose, about 60 cm long and with a short, stubby bill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brent_Goose (630 words)

	GOOSE - LoveToKnow Article on GOOSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Scotland this goose continues to breed sparingly in several parts of the Highlands and in certain of the Hebrides, the nests being generally placed in long heather, and the eggs seldom exceeding five or six in number.
		Thus the grey lag goose is the grey goose which in England when the name was given was not migratory but lagged behind the other wild species at the season when they betook themselves to their northern breedingquarters.
		The largest living goose is that called the Chinese, Guinea or swan-goose, Cygnopsis cygnoides, and this is the stock whence the domestic geese of several eastern countries have sprung.
	52.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOOSE.htm (1836 words)

	Brent Goose Summer
		When the Brent geese arrive there is little green to be seen, but by late June the tundra has thawed and resembles a waterlogged sponge.
		For Brent geese to be still with us suggests migration for them and for many other species is a great benefit.
		By identifying the young birds in their slightly different plumage, it looks as if the indefatigable Brents have had their most successful breeding season for a number of years, with between 25% to 35% of flocks being made up of this years young.
	www.tollesburyazaz.fsnet.co.uk /ReserveNews/BrentGooseSummer.htm (703 words)

	Brent Goose, Branta bernicla
		During severe winters brents become very tame and close-up views of these often quarrelsome birds may be obtained at Blakeney and Wells quays.
		Both when feeding and on the wing brents are highly vocal, their "cronking" calls carrying considerable distances.
		Practically all the brents wintering in East Anglia are of the dark-bellied race breeding along the harsh and most northerly coast of mainland Siberia on the Taymyr Peninsula.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/brent-goose.htm (504 words)

	Brent Goose - TheBestLinks.com - Brent goose, Alaska, Asia, Animal, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Brant Goose is a small goose, about 60cm long and with a short, stubby bill; overall it is flish-brown and white in colour, the pattern depending on the race.
		The under-tail is pure white, and the tail fl and very short (the shortest of any goose), in all the races.
		There are three or four races; these are considered by some to be species, though the evidence for speciation is weak, with all the races mixing freely and interbreeding readily where opportunity permits.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Brent_goose.html (579 words)

	Database Lookup Results
		Fox, A. (1996) Zostera exploitation by Brent Geese and Wigeon on the Exe Estuary, southern England.
		Mathers, R. and Montgomery, W. (1996) Behaviour of Brent geese Branta bernicla hrota and wigeon Anas penelope on intertidal Zostera spp.
		Madsen, J., Bregnballe, T., and Mehlum, F. (1989) Study of the breeding ecology and behaviour of the Svalbard population of light-bellied brent goose Branta bernicla hrota.
	www.goose.org /cgi-bin/search_key.pl?searchkey=bernicla&boolean=AND (5045 words)

	South East Essex RSPB Local Group - Southend's very own Brent Goose
		The Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a rather small Goose between 55-60cm long (slightly bigger than a mallard), with a short neck and a weight of between 1.2-1.5 kg.
		The Brent Goose is fully protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, but provision is made for shooting under licence for the purpose of preventing serious damage to crops.
		It appears that the numbers of overwintering brent geese feeding at Two Tree Island are increasing gradually, in line with a general global increase in the population of this species.
	www.southendrspb.co.uk /brent.htm (2274 words)

	Brent goose - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Brent goose - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The word brent is derived from a Norse word ‘brand’, meaning burnt.
		Dark-bellied brent goose on water at Hayling Island - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1202030_00180_002)
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/b/brentgoose/index.asp (212 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		Introduction 2.1 The dark-bellied Brent Goose, a species of international importance, is a winter visitor to the Solent from its breeding grounds in Siberia.
		It is important to note that the eastern harbours of the Solent provide a winter home for a substantial proportion of the UK population of the dark-bellied Brent Goose, and a significant proportion of the world population.
		Recommendation That the Brent Goose Strategy be endorsed and taken into account in the use and management of the County Council's Countryside landholdings identified as being of importance for Brent Geese.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c30596.html (1098 words)

	The geese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Goose species are considered relatively young, a notion that is supported by molecular genetic studies.
		Goose species are gregarious during the non-breeding season and families usually remain together throughout the winter (Cramp & Simmons 1977).
		The main problems facing lesser white-fronted goose conservation are related to the lack of knowledge regarding the breeding, staging and wintering areas, difficulties in accessing remote areas and the low number of (individually marked) individuals for observations.
	herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514259483/html/x224.html (3319 words)

	Brent
		The Brent were tagged in Iceland in late May. Since then one of the birds has disappeared, either a transmitter failure or a shooting, and another bird has been found dead in Iceland.
		The aim of the census is to estimate the size of the population.
		This is now the third goose recovered out of the six birds in the original study and the second bird killed, or at least eaten, by an Arctic fox in Iceland.
	www.birdweb.net /brent-wwt.html (2431 words)

	WWT Brent Geese Satellite Tracking Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WWT and National Geographic are proud to announce an important new piece of research into the migration of Light-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla hrota) to and from our WWT Centre at Castle Espie to the high arctic tundra of Canada, via Iceland and the immense Greenland ice-cap.
		You will then be able to follow the migration of these geese to Canada and their return journey to WWT Castle Espie later in the year, exclusively here.
		This information is crucial for the development of a Flyway Management Plan for this population of geese, ensuring their protection for the future.
	www.wwt.org.uk /brent (231 words)

	Brent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the Brent oilfield in the North Sea (named after the goose) or its products Brent Crude or Brent Blend
		the Brent meteor crater in Canada which was named after the village of Brent, Ontario
		Brent International School, an International School in the Philippines
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brent (137 words)

	Portsmouth Society - Brent Goose Strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brent Geese have become an increasingly important subject in Portsmouth and surrounding coastal areas in the last 20 years.
		The Brent Goose Strategy grew out of the need to clarify and resolve differential planning issues locally.
		Brent Goose Strategy - South East Hampshire is published by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Woodside House, Woodside Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9ET; 023 8061 3636.
	www.portsmouthsociety.org.uk /nl2003/nljan03brentgoose.htm (255 words)

	intas 94-4201 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Three goose species, the dark-bellied brent goose, the red-breasted goose, and the lesser white-fronted goose nest almost exclusively on the Taymyr-peninsula in northern Siberia.
		This joint study is a follow-up of a study of the factors determining the breeding success of brent geese (condition of the birds built up on the wintering grounds, predation by arctic foxes and herring gulls mediated by three-year-cycles of lemmings) on the Taymyr-peninsula, extended to comparative research on the two other (still endangered) species.
		However, after hatching the density of goose families was higher than in other years and finally virtually all goslings were eaten by the gulls.
	www.intas.be /catalog/94-4201.htm (1177 words)

	Goose Sounds
		Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae.
		There are Mother Goose tales, such as a farmwife might have told; there is the proverbial goose that laid the golden eggs, warning about the perils of greed.
		The geese in the temple of Juno on the Capitoline were said by Livy to have saved Rome from the Gauls around 390 BC when they were disturbed in a night attack.
	www.junglewalk.com /sound/goose-sounds.htm (485 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Brent Goose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Brent Goose, common name applied, especially by hunters, to several species of geese, including the barnacle goose, but properly confined to one...
		Several groups of waterfowl, all generally larger than ducks and smaller than swans, have been called geese.
		Brent East, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in the north-west of Greater London, bordered by Regent’s Park and Kensington North,...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Brent_Goose.html (99 words)

	Birds of Ireland - Geese
		The Brent Goose is the smallest of Ireland's geese, being not much larger than a Mallard Duck.
		Brent Geese have small white markings on the sides of the neck and the bill is very small.
		Flocks of Brents call with a low 'gurgling' noise both on the ground and in the air.
	www.irelandseye.com /irish/nature/birds/geese.shtm (185 words)

	Brent geese at Paxton Pits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dark-bellied brent goose is a scarce bird inland, with only a handful of records at Paxton Pits.
		Smaller and darker than Canada and barnacle goose, it is also the only one that is truly wild.
		Numbers have recovered after over-shooting and a collapse in their food supply caused a crash in the mid 20th century.
	www.paxton-pits.org.uk /species/brentgoose (109 words)

	Odd Brant from New York, USA
		On Wednesday 1 January 2003, I came across this unusual goose amongst a large flock of Atlantic Brant feeding on the lawns surrounding Meadow Lake, Corona Park in Queens, New York.
		In addition to the points you mention, the upperparts are wrong for minima and show some grey brent-like feathers, the tail/uppertail covert structures are tending towards brent, the bill structure is brenty, leg-length is brent (short tibia), and the dark belly / rear flank crescents are brent influenced.
		In the narrow-winged brents, the secondaries are short and rather equal in length (so form a parallel band along the rear of the closed wing), with the tertials suddenly rather longer.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /OddBrant.html (1925 words)

	Untitled
		During 2000-02, a white-morph Ross's Goose Anser rossii was regularly observed on islands in the western part of the Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, in spring.
		On 19 May and 2 June 2003, a female Ross's Goose was found breeding on a nest containing five eggs at the island Slijkplaat, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, in a breeding colony of 536 pairs of Barnacle Geese.
		From 26 December 2003 to late January 2004, a mixed pair of a male Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta hrota and a female Dark-bellied Brent Goose B bernicla and three hybrid young were observed on Texel, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, in a large flock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese and two Black Brants B nigricans.
	www.dutchbirding.nl /journal/2004-2.html (1382 words)

	Birds in Lincolnshire - Black Brants in Lincolnshire and the first hybrid records
		The Brent Goose complex is generally considered to consist of three species, or sub-species, depending on current taxonomic opinion.
		The Dark-bellied Brent Goose breeds in north-west Siberia eastwards to the Taimyr peninsula while the Black Brant breeds in the Canadian Arctic from Melville Island westwards to Alaska, and in northeast Siberia westwards to the Taimyr peninsula.
		In 1997 one or two apparent Black Brant x Dark-bellied Brent Goose hybrids were reported on the Fleet in Dorset on 4th-15th January, while even more recently a mixed pair with four hybrid young was present with a Dark-bellied Brent flock at Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk from 9th January to 2nd May 2001.
	www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk /articles/black_brant.htm (2157 words)

	October 2004 Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		All four Brent Geese were ringed in Iceland and not, as stated yesterday, partly in Strangford Lough.
		The Brent Goose mentioned on 13.10 was found to have been ringed in Iceland and this is apparently its first sighting outside of that country.
		Interestingly, the rings on one Brent indicate that it was not part of the Icelandic or Strangford Lough ringing studies.
	members.tripod.com /terek_sandpiper/id46.html (363 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Tagged goose's epic journey
		Scientists are celebrating the safe return of a goose to Northern Ireland after it completed a 9,000-mile return migration flight via the Arctic.
		The light-bellied Brent goose, called Hugh, returned to the shores of Strangford Lough after a journey taking him to Arctic Canada and back.
		James Orr, centre manager at Castle Espie, Northern Ireland, where almost all of the entire world population of 20,000 Brent Geese are based, said he was "delighted" at Hugh's return.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/2284186.stm (525 words)

	Birds of the Falkland Islands - Ruddy Headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps)
		Although very similar in appearance to the female Upland Goose, closer inspection shows that the Ruddy-headed Goose is smaller with less pronounced barring to the abdomen.
		The Ruddy-headed Goose is also more dependent on established ponds for breeding.
		Nests are built of grass and lined with breast feathers, with 5 to 8 eggs being laid in October.
	www.falklands.net /BirdGuideRuddyHeadedGoose.shtml (236 words)

	BirdForum - Puzzling Brent Goose
		Fortunately, this time, the goose was alongside other Brents that had pale flanks, but none so white or extensive as this bird.
		However, pale-bellied Brents are few and far between in the south of England so maybe someone more familiar with them has seen one like this (a pale-bellied Brent had been reported from Sheppey too I seem to recall).
		This goose has had me stumped quite honestly purely because I can see reasons why it could be all the suggestions discussed so far and have considered them all myself while I've studied the video of it.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=28961 (1618 words)

	HOLLAND 2000 Report
		Waterfowl like Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler and Common Teal and shorebirds like Spotted Redshank (a late individual), Common Snipe and Red Knot (2 birds among the Turnstones and Dunlins) were all there.
		We were lucky to see both a Black Brant and a Pale-bellied Brent Goose amongst them: the three brents together in one flock must be a rare sight anywhere in the world.
		Pale-bellied Brent Goose: one among the Dark-bellied on 3rd.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /tripreports/holland00.report.htm (1785 words)

	BirdForum - Brent goose Branta bernicla (Morocco)
		I've seen two brent gooses last week in the Merja Zerga lagoon (nort-west of Morocco) witch is a ramsar site.
		First I apologize..I can't answer you exactly witch subspecies was the brent gooses that I've seen last week but i was sure to see birds with fl beak and fl body exepted a white task on the basis of throat.
		Occasionally 1 to 3 brent gooses can be seen in the lagoon but especially in winter (december-january) see Bird of Morocco (Thevenot and al., 2003 Bou edition).
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=23146 (477 words)

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