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Bean Goose

The Bean Goose is an uncommon winter migrant in the UK. There are two species - the Taiga Bean Goose (anser fabalis fabalis) and the Tundra Bean Goose (anser fabalis rossicus). In Scotland there is a wintering flock of Taiga Bean Geese on Fannyside Moor near Cumbernauld which, in winter 2005/2006, numbered about 240 birds. These birds are notoriously wary and very difficult to approach making photography difficult. The Tundra Bean Goose is very rare in Scotland but in January 2006 a pair of birds were present at Skateraw, Lothian for over a week.
The identification of the two species is quite difficult, especially of a single bird on its own as the differences are quite subtle. It is relatively easier to pick out one rossicus in a flock of fabalis. See the first photo in the gallery which is a composite of a rossicus and a fabalis side by side for comparison.
Fabalis versus Rossicus
Fabalis versus Rossicus
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose (1st winter), Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose (1st winter), Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Geese, Fannyside Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Taiga Bean Goose, Garbethill Muir, Clyde
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian
Tundra Bean Goose, Skateraw, Lothian