🐦 Bird Migration Map

When do white-fronted geese arrive in and leave the UK?

A winter visitor in the records: numbers build from late October and stay high until about late March.

When do white-fronted geese arrive in the UK?
In the GBIF records, UK numbers build from late October.
When do white-fronted geese leave the UK?
They stay common in the records until about late March.

Greater white-fronted goose in the UK, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY 4.0 only), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 17,436 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

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About the greater white-fronted goose

The greater white-fronted goose is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose. The greater white-fronted goose is migratory, breeding in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe, and Asia. …

From the Wikipedia article “Greater white-fronted goose” (revision 1365150756), CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened at a sentence end. Winter/summer areas: country containing the monthly hotspot of effort-adjusted GBIF records, using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain).

Other UK winter visitors: see the full list with arrival and departure dates.