Rare barnacle goose spotted at Abbey Wood nature reserve
Rare barnacle goose spotted in Abbey Wood's Crossness Nature Reserve. Photo - Terence Baker A rare type of goose, once thought to be a fish, has been spotted at a nature reserve in Abbey Wood. The barnacle goose were once believe to have hatched from barnacles in the sea, spawning a 1000-year old myth. These days, the creatures exist in tiny numbers in the UK, with just a breeding population of 900 feral pairs, and they have amber UK conservation status. Three barnacle geese have been photographed at Crossness Nature Reserve in Abbey Wood, the site of one of the last remaining areas o...
Source: newsshopper.co.uk