Brent geese on Vlieland island

This is a brent geese video from Scotland.

Translated from the blog of Anke Bruin, warden on Vlieland island, the Netherlands:

Brent geese numbers in the Netherlands are at their maximum in spring. That maximum has been about 75,000 birds for some years now.

Here is a list of brent geese counts on Vlieland in 2012.

Jan 1000 – 2000
Feb 800 – 1200
March 1000 – 1500
Apr 1500 -2000
May 1500 -2000
June 20 – 50
July 0 – 5
Aug 0 – 5
Sep 15 – 20
Oct 2500 – 3000
Nov 1500 -2000
Dec 1000 – 1500

Vlieland rabbits: here.

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