The whitefronted goose is very much a winter visitor to the UK, breeding in Greenland and Siberia before moving south in search of a more clement climate. Arriving here from October onwards, the Greenland birds head mostly for Ireland and the west coast of Scotland, while those from Siberia spend the winter further south. Overall, more than 15,000 whitefronts overwinter in the UK and Ireland — roughly half the world population of Greenland whitefronts every year.
Rather smaller than a greylag but larger than a pinkfoot, the whitefront is another of the grey
