Branta ruficollis
Vagrant, the true status of which is blurred by frequent escapes from captivity.
| BOU Name |
Red-breasted Goose
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| Data Required |
Description.
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| Status |
BBRC (7, 3, 10)
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| Category |
| Name | Date | SiteName | Observer | Num | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-breasted Goose | 24 Sep 2021 | Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB | Steve Grimwade | 1 | Presumed escape on Joyce's Fleet |
| Red-breasted Goose | 24 Sep 2021 | Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB | Steve Swinney | 1 | |
| Red-breasted Goose | 09 Jul 2016 | Naze, The | Martin Richards | 1 | with a few Barnacles |
| Red-breasted Goose | 14 May 2016 | Naze, The | Brian Combes | 1 | first for a while; with 4 barnacles on Walton Hall Marshes then flew to Horsey Island |
| Red-breasted Goose | 04 Feb 2016 | Deal Hall, Dengie | David Low | 1 | Called consistently,throughout day:very vocal at times, I believe this bird is male. I owned a pair of RBG's in a my Wildfowl collection for 3 years & the male would very typically call like this bird |
| Red-breasted Goose | 13 Jan 2016 | Deal Hall, Dengie | David Low | 1 | Considered to have been an adult, heard firstly coming in with 50 Brent over head before landing & photographed sent to County Recorder, highly mobile & scared off by military firing on close by Foulness Island not seen after 14:30 Record photo on my Twitter feed |
| Red-breasted Goose | 12 Sep 2015 | Abberton Reservoir | Steve Collins | 2 | in Hide Bay, feeding on south side |
| Red-breasted Goose | 10 Sep 2015 | Abberton Reservoir | Peter Triston | 2 | From Hide bay hide |
| Red-breasted Goose | 08 Sep 2015 | Abberton Reservoir | David Hale | 2 | Island hide. |
| Red-breasted Goose | 31 Jul 2015 | Abberton Reservoir | Antony Braun | 2 | LBC |