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Pink-footed goose

Stand in the right place on a winter’s morning as they fly out to their feeding grounds, or when they return to their roosts for the night, and you’ll probably hear them coming long before you see them. Initially it will be just a distant murmur, then it grows into a faint cackling and clamouring that signals that the geese are on the move.

At first it may only be a small advance party

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