The Migration Route of the Barnacle Goose (IMAGE)

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

The Migration Route of the Barnacle Goose

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It's a long trip each spring for the barnacle goose. It has to fly thousands of kilometres from temperate Europe to its breeding grounds in the Arctic, with only a few stop-overs along the route.

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Thomas Lameris/NIOO-KNAW

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