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Pink-footed goose migration Anser brachyrhynchus
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Press ▶ to play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
| Scientific name | Anser brachyrhynchus |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 152 cm |
| Adult weight | 2.88 kg (male), 2.13 kg (female) |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 352,903 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q209419 (CC0).
When does the pink-footed goose arrive in the UK?
A winter visitor in the records: numbers build from mid September and stay high until about mid March.
Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 84,665 UK records. Weekly counts from the GBIF occurrence search API (country=GB). Dates are read from records, not from a survey, so treat them as a guide.
When do they arrive in and leave the UK? →
Migration in the data
352,903 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In Europe and Africa, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in July (about 76°N) and furthest south in January (about 56°N).
Month by month: centre of records in Europe and Africa
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56°N | 0% |
| February | 56°N | 0% |
| March | 58°N | 0% |
| April | 63°N | 0% |
| May | 70°N | 0% |
| June | 74°N | 0% |
| July | 76°N | 0% |
| August | 76°N | 0% |
| September | 66°N | 0% |
| October | 60°N | 0% |
| November | 57°N | 0% |
| December | 56°N | 0% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the pink-footed goose
The pink-footed goose is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot". …
From the Wikipedia article “Pink-footed goose” (revision 1357275825), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2498024&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.