Barnacle Goose

The Barnacle goose flies in packs and long lines, with a noisy chorus of barking or yapping sounds. 

 It migrates from Greenland to Europe in the winter, then in the spring they move back to Greenland.

 A goose in a field.

 In Europe there are more than 390,000 individuals.             

  The largest number of geese reside in the Solway Firth (England and Scotland) and on Islay, Scotland.